National Defense Group 1958

Past Producer 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097792
MRDS ID D006640
Record type Site
Current site name National Defense Group 1958
Alternate or previous names Tittman Mine 1950: Claims, National Defense Nos. 1 To 11
Related records 10175282

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.52699, 32.934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 21 MILES S 50 W 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

Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(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 016S 007W 11 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF HILLSBORO AND SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 180.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Wad Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Dolomite And Shale

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.52699, 32.934

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Occurs Along East Striking Fault Contact Of Andesite And Shale.

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip 15 TO 20 SOUTH
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Replaced Favorable Host Rock Beneath Shale Layers.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1945
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Hillsboro District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Millite Mining And Development Co.
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Margaret Tittman
    Home office Hillsboro, N.M.
    First year 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1950'S CONSISTED OF A 70 FT. SHAFT WITH ABOUT 30 FT. OF CROSSCUTS, ANOTHER SHAFT WITH A STOPED AREA ABOUT 70 FT. IN LENGTH, ANOTHER SHALLOW SHAFT AND SEVERAL OPENCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 93-94

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR ALONG A SINUOUS EAST-STRIKING FAULT ZONE WHICH IS MANGANIFEROUS FOR ABOUT 800 FT. ALONG STRIKE. SHEET LIKE MASSES OF ORE IN A ZONE RANGING FROM 6 FT. TO 12 FT. IN THICKNESS EXTEND DOWNDIP. 11 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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