Cliff Roy Mine

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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087792
MRDS ID D009756
Record type Site
Current site name Cliff Roy Mine
Related records 10198876

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.81257, 32.60762 (WGS84)
Elevation 1364
Relative position ABOUT 33.5 MILES S 69 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 019S 019W 33 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE CANADOR PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Calcite Gangue
Opal Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Gila Conglomerate
    Rock description Gila Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.81257, 32.60762

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 15 TO 70 W
    Dip 90 TO 80 SW
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1914
Year of last production 1959

Mining district

District name Caprock Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • 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

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Period 1917 To 1959
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^21 To 36% Mn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 29wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PERIODS OF PRODUCTION WERE WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, 1951, 1953 TO 1954 AND 1958 TO 1959.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1960'S CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH ABOUT 300 FT. OF WORKINGS, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 52-53

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 168

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 34-35

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964, P. 168.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references