Ricolite Prospects

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -108.71341, 32.74761 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 26 MILES S 86 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018S 018W 09,16,17 S2 (09); N2 (16); NE (17) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE RICOLITE DEPOSITS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Serpentine Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Burro Mountain Granite
    Rock description Burro Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Rock unit name Ash Creek Series
    Rock description Ash Creek Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.71341, 32.74761

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1888
Year of last production 1946

Mining district

District name Telegraph District: Ash Creek Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • 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

Comments on the production information

  • BENJOVSKY, 1946, P. 5-6, REPORTED A SHIPMENT OF RICOLITE WAS MADE TO CHICAGO IN 1888 AND WAS USED AS ORNAMENTAL STONE. ONE RAILROAD CAR OF ABOUT 50 TONS AND ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF ABOUT 40 TONS WERE SOLD IN 1946.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS SMALL OPEN PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TALMAGE, S.B., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1937 NMBMMR BULL 12, P. 138-140

  • Deposit

    NORTHROP, S.A., 1959 MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, U.N.M. PRESS, P. 460-461

  • Deposit

    BENJOVSKY, T.D., 1946 NMBMMR OFR-14, 14 PAGES

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, C.H., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 108

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 169-170

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1263

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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