Lost Treasure and Gold Quartz Group

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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -108.05478, 32.87094 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
016S 012W 35 S2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Magdalena
    Rock description Magdalena
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.05478, 32.87094

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N55-60E
    Dip STEEPLY NW
    Length 609.6M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement And Fissure Fillings In Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fierro Manganese District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fierro Manganese Corp.
    First year 1944

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1918-1950'S
    Description Cp_Grade: ^19-26% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 23wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 24M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND SHAFTS TO A DEPTH OF 24 M.

Comments on development

  • MINED DURING WWI, WWII, AND THE EARLY 1950'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L. L., 1961, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, P. 32-33.

  • Deposit

    JONES, E. L., JR., 1919, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710, P. 43-44.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MILS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1978A.

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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