New Mexico · Sierra County
Past Producer
Wagon Wheel and Prospect Group
Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
Manganese
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Commodities
Primary
Manganese
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Orebody form
PODS
Ore control
Fault-Fractures Beneath Impermeable Shale Were Hosts For Mineralized Solutions.
Materials
Ore minerals
Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Wad
Geology
Host rock
Dolomite · Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
Alteration
Silicified Dolomite
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1954
Last production
1955
Identification
Deposit ID
10012005
MRDS ID
D007230
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
32.90233, -107.72643
References
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 108-109NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAFARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 108