Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryTungsten, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSE
Ore controlOre Body Was Localized At The Intersection Of Two Fractures With Similar Strikes Dipping From 40 Degrees To 60 Degrees In Opposite Directions.
Materials
Ore mineralsHollandite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
GangueCalcite, Limonite, Quartz
Other materialsBarite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1915
Last production1958
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10008852
MRDS IDD001309
Alternate namesKnown As the Cliffside Mine Or Cliffside Claims In the 1940's and As, The Manganese Queen Mine In the 1950'sS.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.02231, -107.12309
References
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 71-73FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 166