| Deposit ID | 10097777 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001316 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Velarde Manganese Prospect 1940's |
| Alternate or previous names | Blackie Group 1950's, Sheriff Mine 1917 |
| Related records | 10174306 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.14002, 32.76373 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1549 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 37 MILES N 34 W OF LAS CRUCES. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dona Ana(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Dona Ana |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 0185 | 003W | 10 | NW | New Mexico |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Wad | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Jasper | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Montoya Group;Montoya Group |
| Rock description | Montoya Group;Montoya Group |
| (1) | -107.14002, 32.76373 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 2.44M |
| Length | 24.38M |
| Width | 6.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| Year of last production | 1955 |
| District name | Rincon District: Southern Caballo Mountains; Red House Mountain; Woolfer Canyon Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | H. F. Carmichael |
| First year | 1955 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | H. F. Carmichael And Associates |
| Home office | Garfield, N.M. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 6.1M |
| Overall length | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001316 |
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.
KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 UNIV. OF N.M., PUBLICATION NO. 4, P. 208-209, FIG. 2
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 9-10
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF FOUR SHALLOW INCLINED ADITS AND AN OPENCUT. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: DURING WORLD WAR I |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-74 | Elliott, James E. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD |
| Editor | 09-JUN-95 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.