Mine detail: Santa Fe Manganese District

Previously called 'Mine: Hill Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.71256, -105.8914

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Limonite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR PODS
Discovery year:	1917

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1917
Last production ended:	1917

Geology

Host rock:	Magdalena Group
Host type:	Shale
Structure:	Aztec Fault, A Breccia Zone Containing Large Clasts Of Limestone In Vicinity Of Stope
Tectonic:	Sangre De Cristo Uplift

References

MRDS	D011783
DEP	10097927
Reference	{Deposit:: WELLS, E.H., 1918, NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 57-58}{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}
Reporter	Murray, Diane