Show MANGANESE IN NEW MEXICO practically all the known deposits of manganese ore in the united states were investigated by the united states geological survey department of the interior during the war period ending in 1918 in addition to estimating the total amount of ore available which was the main object of the work the geologists learned more or less about the character origin and other interesting features of the deposits to make a useful record of all this information descriptions script ions of the manganese deposits in different areas are now being published by the survey in bulletin B the deposits of manganese 11 ese ore in new mexico are described by E L jones jr during the war new mexico supplied considerable amounts of manganese and ores for use in steel making prior to the war a large quantity was mined and shipped to different smelters shelters sm elters tor for use as flux the geologic relations types and mineralogy as well as the strictly economic features of twenty or thirty deposits are described in bulletin B a copy of which may be had free on application to the director U S geological Geologic ai survey washington D C 0 |