| Deposit ID | 10087792 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009756 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cliff Roy Mine |
| Related records | 10198876 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.81257, 32.60762 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1364 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 33.5 MILES S 69 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Caprock Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 019S | 019W | 33 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Gila Conglomerate |
| Rock description | Gila Conglomerate |
| (1) | -108.81257, 32.60762 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 15 TO 70 W |
| Dip | 90 TO 80 SW |
| Thickness | 2.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1914 |
| Year of last production | 1959 |
| District name | Caprock Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ray Woods Mining Co., Inc. |
| Home office | Lordsburg, N.M. |
| First year | 1959 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Douglas Henry |
| Home office | Truth Or Consequences, N.M. |
| First year | 1959 |
| Year | 1959 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1917 To 1959 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE MN | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^21 To 36% Mn. | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009756 |
WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 52-53
GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 168
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 34-35
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
GILLERMAN, E., 1964, P. 168.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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