Tower Mine, Luis Lopez Manganese District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USAi
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Tower Mine | Mine |
Luis Lopez Manganese District | Mining District |
Socorro County | County |
New Mexico | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 59' 3'' North , 107° 0' 4'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Luis Lopez | 107 (2011) | 10.7km |
Socorro | 8,722 (2017) | 13.0km |
San Antonio | 165 (2011) | 14.5km |
Lemitar | 330 (2011) | 21.2km |
Polvadera | 269 (2011) | 25.6km |
Mindat Locality ID:
50856
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:50856:9
GUID (UUID V4):
b490b9b9-9e08-403f-a291-6c4f3ae1f3a6
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Lucky Strike No. 2 Mine; Nancy Mine
Hewett (1968) page 2:
βRecently, at the Tower mine, near Socorro, N. Mex., a drill hole 1,425 feet (ca. 434 m) long cut the vein zone 1,000 feet (ca. 305 m) below the surface. At the surface the vein contained only abundant manganese oxides with some fluorite and barite, but 1,000 feet (ca. 305 m) lower it contained only fragments of rhodochrosite in a wide zone in which the country rock was altered to chalcedony, clay, and adularia. Sparse barite veinlets were found from place to place through the entire length of the drill hole. The minerals in the vein indicate that it may be regarded as representing the precious-metal group.β
Hewett (1968) page 7:
βAt this mine an opencut 1,600 feet (ca. 488 m) long and about 30 to 40 feet (12.19 m) wide explores a zone of oxide veins to a depth that ranges from 80 to about 150 feet (45.72 m). As this is one of the most persistent veins known in New Mexico, the vein and its minerals have been closely studied by the writer. Here and at most of the other productive veins of this district, the host rock is rhyolite, but near the veins the feldspars are widely altered to adularia. At this mine, most of the veins of manganese oxide minerals are confined to zones 5 feet (1.52 m) or more thick adjacent to the walls. The veins are made up of layers of manganese oxides as much as several inches thick that cement angular fragments of altered host rock; probably psilomelane is the most abundant oxide, but hollandite and coronadite are persistently present. Coronadite is so abundant that most shipments of concentrate contained 2 to 4 percent lead. [β¦] Among the nonmetallic minerals, crystals of fluorite are present in the early and late layers of manganese oxides, and small amounts of barite and chalcedony are present.β
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
8 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
β Baryte Formula: BaSO4 References: |
β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
β Coronadite Formula: Pb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 References: |
β Cryptomelane Formula: K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16 |
β Fluorite Formula: CaF2 References: |
β Hollandite Formula: Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 References: |
β 'K Feldspar' References: |
β 'K Feldspar var. Adularia' Formula: KAlSi3O8 References: |
β 'Psilomelane' |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
β Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 References: |
β Rhodochrosite Formula: MnCO3 References: |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 3 - Halides | |||
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β | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
β | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
β | Coronadite | 4.DK.05a | Pb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 |
β | Cryptomelane | 4.DK.05a | K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16 |
β | Hollandite | 4.DK.05a | Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
β | Rhodochrosite | 5.AB.05 | MnCO3 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
β | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
Unclassified | |||
β | 'K Feldspar var. Adularia' | - | KAlSi3O8 |
β | 'Psilomelane' | - | |
β | 'K Feldspar' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | β Rhodochrosite | MnCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β K Feldspar var. Adularia | KAlSi3O8 |
O | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | β Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
O | β Coronadite | Pb(Mn64+Mn23+)O16 |
O | β Cryptomelane | K(Mn74+Mn3+)O16 |
O | β Hollandite | Ba(Mn64+Mn23+)O16 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Rhodochrosite | MnCO3 |
F | Fluorine | |
F | β Fluorite | CaF2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β K Feldspar var. Adularia | KAlSi3O8 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β K Feldspar var. Adularia | KAlSi3O8 |
Si | β Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
K | Potassium | |
K | β K Feldspar var. Adularia | KAlSi3O8 |
K | β Cryptomelane | K(Mn74+Mn3+)O16 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | β Fluorite | CaF2 |
Mn | Manganese | |
Mn | β Coronadite | Pb(Mn64+Mn23+)O16 |
Mn | β Cryptomelane | K(Mn74+Mn3+)O16 |
Mn | β Hollandite | Ba(Mn64+Mn23+)O16 |
Mn | β Rhodochrosite | MnCO3 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
Ba | β Hollandite | Ba(Mn64+Mn23+)O16 |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | β Coronadite | Pb(Mn64+Mn23+)O16 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10199368 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
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- Orogrande BasinBasin
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Tower Mine, Luis Lopez Manganese District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA