New Mexico · Sierra County
Past Producer

Manganese Hill Group

Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
ManganeseTungsten
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Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFissures And Fault Fractures Provided Path And Acted As Host For Mineralized Solutions.
Materials
Ore mineralsPsilomelane
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Tectonic settingContinental Platform Disrupted By Cenozoic Vulcanism And Basin And Range Deformation.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1942
Last production1942
Identification
Deposit ID10008856
MRDS IDD001314
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.83179, -107.25615
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LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON.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.FARNHAN, L.L., 1961 USBM IC8030, P128