Mine detail: Red Bluff Group

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.92342, -107.09281
dep_id: 10012396
mrds_id: D008004
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Occurs In Pods, Seams And Stringers Along A N 20 W Striking Shear Zone.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
References:
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 154-155
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: PETTY, D.M., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-106, 174 PAGES, 2 PLATES
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