Burris

Past Producer in Grant 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014653
MRDS ID D011525
Record type Site
Current site name Burris
Related records 10247575

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.31006, 32.67901 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tyrone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(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 Grant

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.31006, 32.67901

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^32.9% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Manganese Manganese 33wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, US BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 8030, P. 27-28

  • Deposit

    1978A, MILS, US BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR FRACTURES AND SEAMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.