| Deposit ID | 10014012 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010614 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Starkey Manganese Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Ruth Group, Liberty Manganese Mine: Claims Patented In 1933, Ruth Nos. 1 To 8 |
| Related records | 10271708 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.67421, 32.35569 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1372 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 8 MILES N39E OF DEMING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Luna(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Deming East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Deming(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Luna |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022S | 008W | 28,33 | S2 (28); N2 (33) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -107.67421, 32.35569 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30 TO 65W |
| Dip | STEEPLY SW |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1918 |
| Year of last production | 1959 |
| District name | Cooks Range Manganese District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Q. M. Drunzer |
| Home office | Alamogordo, N.M. |
| First year | 1959 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. R. Starkey And Co. |
| Home office | Duluth, Mn. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Year | 1959 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1918 To 1959 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Grade Ranged From 34 To 46% Mn. | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010614 |
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 69-70
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 94-95
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 53-54
USBM IC-8030, P. 69-70.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF AT LEAST FIVE SHEARED AND BRECCIATED ZONES RA NGING FROM 2 TO 6 FT. THICK WITH MINERALIZATION OCCURRING AS SEAMS, ST RINGERS, PODS, AND BRECCIA CEMENT. EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVE Y NUMBER 2037 COVERING 148.217 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1983 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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