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Rheinhart Prospect

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Manganese, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008851
MRDS ID D001308
Record type Site
Current site name Rheinhart Prospect
Alternate or previous names Rheinhart Manganese Property, Reinhart Prospect, Weston Ranch Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.19615, 33.85148 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 23 MILES S 52 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Puertecito Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Mateo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Elephant Butte Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 005S;005S 003W;004W 30;24 NW (30); NE (24) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE FOR THE SHAFT SHOWN ON THE PUERTECITO GAP TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Clay Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sheared Volcanics Altered To Clay.

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 49.1 % MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.19615, 33.85148
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along A N 60 To 70 E Striking Fault.

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE MAGDALENA MOUNTAINS AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Emmett Nutter
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Weston Ranch
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1942 BETWEEN 6 AND 8 TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING MORE THAN 40 % MN WAS MINED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF A 35 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND MANY SHALLOW OPENCUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P.161-162

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 161

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SMALL PODS AND NARROW VEINLETS RANGING FROM 1 IN. TO 3 IN. THICK IN A VEIN ABOUT 3 FT. THICK. THE VEIN STRIKES NORTHEAST ALONG A WELL-DEVELOPED FAULT AND CONTAINS SHEARED AND BRECCIATED VOLCANIC ROCKS. A 40 ACRE TRACT COVERING THE PROSPECT WAS LEASED TO THE LAST OPERATOR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-74 Elliott, James E. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-95 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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