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Black Tower Claim

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097908
MRDS ID D011521
Record type Site
Current site name Black Tower Claim
Related records 10222955

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.59646, 32.90428 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cliff(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
016S 017W 22 NW4 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.59646, 32.90428
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Telegraph District, Northern Burro Mnts.

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1954-5
    Material MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^41% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 41wt-pct
  • Year 1957
    Period 1956-7
    Material MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^42% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 42wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, US BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 8030, P.37-38

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P. 153

  • Deposit

    1978A, MILS, US BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE FILLINGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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