Mine detail: Wagon Wheel and Prospect Group

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.90233, -107.72643
dep_id: 10012005
mrds_id: D007230
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Wad
orebody_fm: PODS
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silicified Dolomite
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fractures Beneath Impermeable Shale Were Hosts For Mineralized Solutions.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
hrock_type: Dolomite
Year first produced: 1954
yr_lst_prd: 1955
References:
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 108-109
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 108
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