Mine detail: Buena Vista Group

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.90426, -107.12309
dep_id: 10012386
mrds_id: D007992
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrolusite, Wad
gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Occurs In Fractures And Along Brecciated Shear Zones.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Year first produced: 1957
References:
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 158-159
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 159
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