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Jones-Reiland Claims 1940's

Occurrence in Sierra 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008857
MRDS ID D001315
Record type Site
Current site name Jones-Reiland Claims 1940's
Related records 10247926

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.25253, 32.83845 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 20 MILES DUE SOUTH OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 004W 09 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE CABALLOS MTS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.25253, 32.83845
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jesse Jones And S M Reiland
    First year 1941

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FOUR SMALL PITS A FEW FEET DEEP. NO ORE HAS EVER BEEN PRODUCED.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A FEW SMALL 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 IC8030, P128

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL AMOUNTS OF TUNGSTEN BEARING PSILOMELANE OCCUR IN NARROW VEINLETS OF CALCITE. THEY ARE TRACEABLE FOR A FEW FEET ALONG STRIKE AND RARELY EXCEED TWO INCHES IN WIDTH.
Deposit SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT FOR REGIONAL TRENDS AND GENERAL GEOLOGY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-74 Elliott, James E. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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