| Deposit ID | 10012339 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007910 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mex-Tex Mine |
| Related records | 10175158 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.3664, 33.82482 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1859 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 34.5 MILES S 63 E OF SOCORRO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Socorro(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Garden Spring Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Oscura Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jornada Del Muerto(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Socorro |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 005S;005S | 005E;006E | 36;31 | W2 (36); E2 (31) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Argentite | Ore |
| Barite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Linarite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Madera Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Madera Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -106.3664, 33.82482 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1962 |
| District name | Oscura Mountains Area: Hansonburg District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mex-Tex Mining Co., Inc. |
| Home office | Socorro, N.M. |
| First year | 1962 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hansonburg Mines, Inc. |
| First year | 1979 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 670.56M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007910 |
JOHNSON, W.D., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 123-124
LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 63-73
ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 175-176
WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 34-40
KOPICKI, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE HANSONBURG DISTRICT, BINGHAM, N.M., NMIMT M.S. THESIS, 103 PAGES
LEWCHALERMVONG, C., 1973, INVESTIGATION AND EVALUATION OF THE ROYAL FLUSH AND MEX-TEX MINES, AND ADJACENT AREA, HANSONBURG MINING DISTRICT, SOCORRO COUNTY, N.M., NMIMT M.S. THESIS, 71 PAGES
ROEDDER, E., HEYL, A.V., AND CREEL, J.P., 1968 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 63, P. 335-348
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 50 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1981 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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