| Deposit ID | 10014774 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011708 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lost Treasure and Gold Quartz Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Hodges-Dowell, Fierro Manganese |
| Related records | 10174378 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.05478, 32.87094 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Santa Rita Mine(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)
Federal lands
Gila National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 016S | 012W | 35 | S2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Wad | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Magdalena | ||||||
| Rock description | Magdalena | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -108.05478, 32.87094 |
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| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N55-60E |
| Dip | STEEPLY NW |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Width | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Fierro Manganese District |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fierro Manganese Corp. |
| First year | 1944 |
| Year | 1950 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1918-1950'S | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^19-26% Mn | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011708 |
FARNHAM, L. L., 1961, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, P. 32-33.
JONES, E. L., JR., 1919, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710, P. 43-44.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MILS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1978A.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REPLACEMENT BODIES AND LENTICULAR FISSURE FILLINGS IN PENNSYLVANIAN MAGDALENA GROUP LIMESTONES ALONG TWO SUBPARALLEL FAULTS STRIKING N55-60E. LOST TREASURE NO. 2 VEIN STRIKES N55E, DIPS STEEPLY NW, IS 2-5 FEET WIDE, AND IS 800 FEET LONG. GOLD QUARTZ VEIN STRIKES N60E, DIPS STEEPLY NW, IS 2-6 FEET WIDE, AND IS 2000 FEET LONG. GROUP INCLUDES 12 CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1984 | Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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