| Deposit ID | 10009281 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D002162 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Alum Mountain Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.21673, 33.14066 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1676 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 26 MILES N 08 E OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gila Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gila(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Gila National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Gila Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 013S | 013W | 19,20,29,30 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Potassium | Primary |
| Kaolin | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Ore |
| Kaolinite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | LIMITED X-RAY, CHEMICAL, AND THIN SECTION DATA SUGGEST MATERIAL AVERAGES LESS THAN 30 PERCENT ALUNITE AND IS RATHER SODIC |
|---|
| (1) | Lower-upper middle Tertiary basaltic andesites and andesites of the Mogollon Group |
|---|
| General form | IRREG BLANKET OR HUGE LENS |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 152.4M |
| Length | 1524M |
| Width | 914.4M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1892 |
| Discoverer | A. T. Johnston |
| District name | Alum Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Johnston, A. T. |
| First year | 1893 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Public Domain |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002162 |
BLAKE, W. P., 1895 , ALUNOGEN AND BAUXITE OF NEW MEXICO: AIME VOL. 24 , P. 571 - 573 .
HAYES, C. W., 1907 , THE GILA RIVER ALUM DEPOSITS: USGS BULL. 315 , P. 215 - 224 .
RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MISC. INV. MAP I-886
RATTE, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 162
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
1893 RECON W. P. BLAKE: AIME VOL. 24
1906 RECON C. W. HAYES: BULL. 315
1956 GEOLMAP NEW MEX. BUREAU OF MINES: PUB. MAP
1975 RECON R. B. HALL: PROF. PAPER 1076-A
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE HILLS OF THIS ALTERED AREA ARE VERY DISTINCT FROM ANY OTHER TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF THE REGION AND ARE CHARACTERIZED BY MANY PINNACLES AND ISOLATED BUTTES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | 61 CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 930 COVERING 1252.21 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-75 | Hall, Robert B. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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