Description
Louis Finch And John Summerville
Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrolusite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1928
Last production1955
Discovery year1922
Identification
Deposit ID10009806
MRDS IDD003028
Alternate namesThe Luna Group of Claims Includes Some of the Ground Originally, Called the American Group Or Killion Mine.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.21624, -107.59976
References
LASKY, S.G., 1940 USGS BULL 922-C, P. 71-73, PLATES 9 AND 11GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 129-131FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 55-56CLEMONS , R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-52FARNHAM, 1961, P.55.