Starkey Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -107.67421, 32.35569 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES N39E OF DEMING.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 008W 28,33 S2 (28); N2 (33) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE DEMING EAST TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANG LE. GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE PAT ENTED CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.67421, 32.35569

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N30 TO 65W
    Dip STEEPLY SW
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1959

Mining district

District name Cooks Range Manganese District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • 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

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Period 1918 To 1959
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Grade Ranged From 34 To 46% Mn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Manganese Manganese 40wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1918, 1929, 1930, 1952, 1957, 1958, AND 1959 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 60 OR MORE WIDELY SCATTERE D OPEN CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS, A FEW SHORT ADITS, AND THREE SHAFTS RAN GING FROM 50 TO 100 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 69-70

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 94-95

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 53-54

  • Production

    USBM IC-8030, P. 69-70.

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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