New Mexico · Sierra County
Past Producer

Forty-One and Riverside Claims

Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
ManganeseFluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · El Paso Group
Associated rockGranite
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicified Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1952
Last production1954
Identification
Deposit ID10011997
MRDS IDD007221
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.0765, -107.2367
References
ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 158KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 U.N.M. PUB. 4, P. 199, FIG. 2FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 121-122WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 119FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 121