Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1945
Last production1957
Discovery year1937
Identification
Deposit ID10012393
MRDS IDD008001
Alternate namesNiggerhead Manganese Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.00676, -107.0567
References
RUSSELL, P.L., AND CALHOUN, W.A., 1947 USBM RI-4084, 7 PAGESFARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 167-168ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 139NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA