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Tom Lyons Property

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
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  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. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014776
MRDS ID D011712
Record type Site
Current site name Tom Lyons Property
Alternate or previous names Includes: Corliss, El Campo, Sweet Home, Hilltop, And Joe No. 1 and No. 2.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.20894, 32.72373 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurley West(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
018S 013W 20 S2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lake Valley
    Rock description Lake Valley
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 20M
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Of Limestone Along Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1918-1955
    Description Cp_Grade: ^29-40% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 35wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND OPEN PITS

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY DEVELOPED FOR SILVER IN THE 1880'S. MINED FOR MANGANESE DURING WWI, PROBABLY DURING WWII AND INTERMITTANTLY FROM 1950-1955.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L. L., 1961, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, P.26.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES AS MUCH AS 2 M. WIDE AND 20 M. LONG, IN MISSISSIPPIAN LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE ALONG N-TRENDING FRACTURE ZONES.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

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

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