Mine detail: Forty-One and Riverside Claims

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.0765, -107.2367
dep_id: 10011997
mrds_id: D007221
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silicified Limestone
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David, Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_unit: El Paso Group
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Granite
tectonic: Basin And Range
Year first produced: 1952
yr_lst_prd: 1954
References:
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 158
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 U.N.M. PUB. 4, P. 199, FIG. 2
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 121-122
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 119
  • Production:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 121
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