| Deposit ID | 10101729 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008000 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Manganese Chief Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Johnson-Kelly Manganese Group |
| Related records | 10198735 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.09281, 33.93676 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2210 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 14.5 MILES S 54 W OF SOCORRO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Socorro(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Molino Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
San Mateo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Cibola National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Socorro |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 004S | 002W | 30 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | Upper middle Tertiary rhyolitic pyroclastic rocks of the Mogollon Group, ash-flow tuffs |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1917 |
| Discoverer | Frank Kelly And Fred Johnson |
| Year of first production | 1953 |
| Year of last production | 1958 |
| District name | Magdalena Mountains Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rico Mining Co., Frank King Mining Co., Utah Mining And Exploration Co. |
| First year | 1958 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tom E. Kelly |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 6.1M |
| Overall length | 762M |
| Overall width | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008000 |
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 152-154
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
PETTY, D.M., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-106, 174 PAGES, 2 PLATES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 32 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1981 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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