Mine detail: Rheinhart Prospect

Previously called 'Reinhart ProspectWeston Ranch PropertyRheinhart Manganese Property'

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.85148, -107.19615
dep_id: 10008851
mrds_id: D001308
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Trace mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
gangue: Clay
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Sheared Volcanics Altered To Clay.
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Elliott, James E., Menzie, David, Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Deposits Occur Along A N 60 To 70 E Striking Fault.
Year first produced: 1942
References:
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
  • Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P.161-162
  • Production:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 161
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