Mine detail: Manganese Chief Group

Previously called 'Johnson-Kelly Manganese Group'

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.93676, -107.09281
dep_id: 10101729
mrds_id: D008000
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Occurs In Numerous Widely Scattered Shear And Breccia Zones.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Year first produced: 1953
yr_lst_prd: 1958
disc_yr: 1917
discr: Frank Kelly And Fred Johnson
References:
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 152-154
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: PETTY, D.M., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-106, 174 PAGES, 2 PLATES
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