Mine detail: Santa Fe Manganese District

Previously called 'Mine: Hill Mine'

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Location: Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.71256, -105.8914
dep_id: 10097927
mrds_id: D011783
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR PODS
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Bedding Planes
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Magdalena Group
hrock_type: Shale
Structure: Aztec Fault, A Breccia Zone Containing Large Clasts Of Limestone In Vicinity Of Stope
tectonic: Sangre De Cristo Uplift
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1917
yr_lst_prd: 1917
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1917
References:
  • 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
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