New Mexico · Sierra County
Occurrence
Nunns Lease
Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
Manganese
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Commodities
Primary
Manganese
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Orebody form
IRREGULAR
Ore control
Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore minerals
Psilomelane
Gangue
Calcite, Opal
Geology
Host rock
Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock
Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure
Steeply Dipping, Brecciated Shear Zone Trends North.
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10012000
MRDS ID
D007224
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
32.68234, -107.42226
References
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 91-92