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Coons and Levensons Prospect 1950's

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Barium-Barite
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009939
MRDS ID D003237
Record type Site
Current site name Coons and Levensons Prospect 1950's

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.21588, 34.50702 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 35 MILES N 29 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

Mesa Sarca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Acoma Pueblo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Puerco(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 003N 004W 01,12 SW (01); NW (12) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT 2.25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MESA SARCA AND JUST WEST OF THE ABANDONED BUILDING SHOWN ON THE MESA APAREJO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madera Limestone
    Rock description Madera Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Madera Group
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH
    Dip STEEPLY WEST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1951

Mining district

District name Landrons Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bert Coon And Lester S. Levenson
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Co.
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 6.1M
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPENCUT 20 FT. LONG WITH AN 8 FT. FACE AND A SHALLOW PIT ABOUT 10 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN NUMEROUS NORTH-STRIKING FRACTURES RANGING FROM HAIRLINE TO SEVERAL FEET IN THICKNESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-78 Hasler, J. William New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-91 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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