Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR PODS
Ore controlBedding Planes
Materials
Ore mineralsLimonite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale · Magdalena Group
StructureAztec Fault, A Breccia Zone Containing Large Clasts Of Limestone In Vicinity Of Stope
Tectonic settingSangre De Cristo Uplift
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1917
Last production1917
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10097927
MRDS IDD011783
Alternate namesMine: Hill Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.71256, -105.8914
References
WELLS, E.H., 1918, NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 57-58KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., IN SPIEGEL, Z., AND BALDWIN, B., 1963, USGS WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1525, P. 80.ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 49-50.NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA