Mine detail: Water Canyon Manganese Mine 1914

Previously called 'Known As the Cliffside Mine Or Cliffside Claims In the 194
* and AsThe Manganese Queen Mine In the 195
*S.'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.02231, -107.12309

Resource(B)

Primary:	Manganese
Tertiary:	Tungsten, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Hollandite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSE
Other material:	Barite
Discovery year:	1914

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1915
Last production ended:	1958

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite

References

MRDS	D001309
DEP	10008852
Reference	{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.}{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON.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:: WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 71-73}{Production:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 166}
Reporter	Elliott, James E., Menzie, David