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Santa Rita Group 1950's

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012398
MRDS ID D008006
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rita Group 1950's
Alternate or previous names Mcphaul Property, Hackberry Group, Sarracino Prospect 1940's
Related records 10175604

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.10281, 34.32591 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 22 MILES N 33 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

Silver Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Salado(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 001N 003W 12 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

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) Pennsylvanian rocks, undivided
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Ladrons Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joe Bagley And Clarence Barrett
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe A. Bagley
    Home office Socorro, N.M.
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BE 33 LONG TONS AVERAGING 22.8% MN.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF MANY SMALL, SHALLOW OPENCUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 171-172

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 171

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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