Mine detail: Black Jack Group

Previously called 'Guame Property: Rock House Claims'

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.09039, -107.24392
dep_id: 10008855
mrds_id: D001313
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, Wad
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR PODS
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Faults And Fracture Zones Are Hosts For Mineralized Solutions.
Reporter: Elliott, James E., Menzie, David
hrock_type: Limestone
tectonic: Continental Platform Disrupted By Extensive Cenozoic Vulcanism And Basin And Range Deformation.
Year first produced: 1942
yr_lst_prd: 1958
disc_yr: 1939
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  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.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 IC8030, P118
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