| Deposit ID | 10013295 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009516 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ricolite Prospects |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims Patented In the 1890's, Ricolite, Jasper, Green Onyx, Chicago Girl |
| Related records | 10199402 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.71341, 32.74761 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1387 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 26 MILES S 86 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Redrock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(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 | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 018S | 018W | 09,16,17 | S2 (09); N2 (16); NE (17) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Marble, Dimension | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Serpentine | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate |
| Rock unit name | Ash Creek Series |
| Rock description | Ash Creek Series |
| (1) | -108.71341, 32.74761 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1888 |
| Year of last production | 1946 |
| District name | Telegraph District: Ash Creek Canyon Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | New Mexico Ricolite Co. |
| First year | 1946 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. W. Freilinger |
| Home office | Jersey City, N.J. |
| First year | 1948 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009516 |
TALMAGE, S.B., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1937 NMBMMR BULL 12, P. 138-140
NORTHROP, S.A., 1959 MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, U.N.M. PRESS, P. 460-461
BENJOVSKY, T.D., 1946 NMBMMR OFR-14, 14 PAGES
HEWITT, C.H., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 108
GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 169-170
HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1263
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR IN XENOLITHS OF SERPENTINE-CARBONATE ROCK. FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 835 AND 836 COVERING 49.825 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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