Jicarilla Apache Mine

Past Producer in Sandoval 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014472
MRDS ID D011265
Record type Site
Current site name Jicarilla Apache Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Manganese Prospect, Jicarilla Apache Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.23394, 36.1231 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 69.2 MILES N 15 W OF BERNALILLO, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sandoval(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Taylor Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chaco Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blanco Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sandoval

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022N 004W 21 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE CADASTRAL GRID IS UNSURVEYED IN THIS AREA. MINE LOCATION WAS APPROXIMATED FROM DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY FARNHAM (1961). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Hematite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 276 LONG TONS OF CONCENTRATES AVERAGED 36.0% MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name San Jose
    Rock description San Jose
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.23394, 36.1231

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Dip FLAT
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 48.77M
    Width 22.86M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CUBA MANGANESE DISTRICT IS THE ONLY LOCALITY IN THE STATE WHERE THE CONCRETIONARY MANGANESE NODULES WERE FORMED DURING OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEPOSITION OF THE HOST ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer J.F. Mcree, Pena Blanca, Nm
Year of first production 1957
Year of last production 1958

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1957 To 1958
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^36.0% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Manganese Manganese 36wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 48.77M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MANGANESE-BEARING BED WAS MINED IN AN OPENCUT WITH A BULLDOZER AND A FRONT-END LOADER.

Comments on development

  • THE ORE WAS MINED OUT IN 1958.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, USBM IC 8030, P. 75-79

  • Deposit

    DORR II, J.V.N., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 183-195.

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, USBM IC 8030, P. 78

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MANGANESE ORE OCCURRED AS CONCRETIONARY NODULES OF PYROLUSITE AND WAD. IN A FLAT BED OF SANDY SHALE. IT WAS OVERLAIN IN SEVERAL PLACES BY FEET OF SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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