Black Darling No. 2 Group

Occurrence in Sierra 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094446
MRDS ID D007217
Record type Site
Current site name Black Darling No. 2 Group
Related records 10297271

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.15809, 32.79429 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 24 MILES S 14 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McLeod Tank(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 003W 28,33 S2 OF N2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS REPORTEDLY LOCATED AT THE NORTH BASE OF A PROMINANT DARK-COLORED PEAK ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TIPTON RANCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Paso Group
    Rock description El Paso Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.15809, 32.79429

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Occurs Near N 10 E Striking Red House Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jack Chatfield
    Home office Caballo, N.M.
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW OPENCUTS AND PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 129

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 U.N.M. PUB. 4, FIG. 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANESE OXIDES OCCUR IN SEAMS, VEINLETS AND IRREGULAR PODS ALONG TWO SHEAR ZONES WHICH ARE ABOUT 150 FT. APART AND HIGHLY SILICEOUS. THE MANGANIFEROUS ZONES ARE AS MUCH AS 30 FT. THICK AND EXPOSED FOR LENGTHS UP TO 30 FT. 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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