Mine detail: La Cienega Manganese Deposit

Previously called 'Deposit: Kinsey Manganese ProspectLa Cinega'

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Location: Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.56589, -106.12474
dep_id: 10014815
mrds_id: D011782
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Fractures In Shear Zones
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Espinosa Volcanics
hrock_type: Latite
arock_unit: Espinosa Volcanics
arock_type: Latite
Structure: Cienega Fault, Ne-Sw Trending Shear Zones And Fractures
tectonic: Espanola Basin Of The Rio Grande Rift And The Jemez Volcanic Field.
disc_yr: 1940
discr: L.C. Trainer And Matt Nagle
References:
  • Deposit:: KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., IN SPIEGEL, Z. AND BALDWIN, B., 1963, USGS WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1525, P. 80.
  • Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 49-50.
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, USBM IC 8030, P. 80
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