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Table 2.
Mining districts other than Lake Valley in Black Range area.
Table 1B. Manganese production from mines from the Lake Valley district. [Farnham (1961); —, no data]
Long tons ore
Prior to 1942 8,000 1942–1943 37,224 Good Luck 1953 316 1953–1955 — 1958–1959 2,000 Total 45,540
Long tons concentrate
— — — 57,301
500 57,801
[Volcanic-epithermal refers to shallow, hydrothermal base- and precious-metal veins hosted by volcanic rocks. Pb, lead; Zn, zinc; Ag, silver; Mn, manganese; classification of deposit types from McLemore (2001)]
Mining district
Chloride Carpenter Kingston Taylor Creek Tierra Blanca Hermosa Macho Cuchillo
Georgetown Hillsboro
Type of deposit
Volcanic-epithermal, placer gold, carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn Carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn-Ag
Carbonate-hosted Ag-Mn
Placer tin and tin vein deposits
Carbonate-hosted Ag-Mn, volcanic-epithermal
Carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn
Volcanic-epithermal, carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn-Ag
Carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn-Ag, placer tin and tin vein deposits, sedimentary copper, replacement Fe
Carbonate-hosted Ag
Laramide vein, porphyry copper, carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn and Ag-Mn, Laramide skarn, placer gold
Table 3.
Production from mining districts near Lake Valley.
[ NMBMMR file data; —, no data]
District
Carpenter
Chloride Cuchillo Hermosa Kingston
Macho
Mn Cu (lb)
— 310,000
— 10,127,097 — withheld — 1,850
2,520 long tons of 111,950 34–39% Mn ore plus
1,651 long tons of
35–40% Mn
concentrate ——
Au (oz)
300
25,253 —
3 124
61.4 97
270,000 10
Ag (oz) Pb (lb)
60,000– 6,000,000 180,000
Zn (lb)
12,500,000
1,500 withheld
8,000 566,900
11,000 464,055
withheld —
Tierra Blanca — 92,784 .
3,647,763 27,525 1,250,000 6,126,000
20,000 165,000
78,000 6,126,000
1,300,000 withheld
47,600 676,820
679,000 318,687
153,387 >500,000
Hillsboro Lake Valley
withheld 24,000,000
57,800 tons of 25% 100,000 Mn concentrate plus
45,224 long tons at
23 % Mn ore
40 Geologic Investigations in the Lake Valley Area, Sierra County, New Mexico