Mine detail: Negrohead Manganese Mine

Previously called 'Niggerhead Manganese Mine'

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.00676, -107.0567
dep_id: 10012393
mrds_id: D008001
mas_id: 350530033
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Surface
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Year first produced: 1945
yr_lst_prd: 1957
disc_yr: 1937
References:
  • Deposit:: RUSSELL, P.L., AND CALHOUN, W.A., 1947 USBM RI-4084, 7 PAGES
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 167-168
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 139
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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