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Old Claim

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Manganese, Lead, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014775
MRDS ID D011709
Record type Site
Current site name Old Claim
Related records 10198997

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.04644, 32.84455 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
016S 012W 35,36 NE4 (35); NW4 (36) New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.04644, 32.84455
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Barringer Fault, Mimbres Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR
    Strike N50E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Of Limestone Along Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fierro Manganese District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Smelting, Refining, And Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1950'S
    Description Cp_Grade: ^21.4% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 21wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • MINED FROM OPEN CUTS IN 1950'S FOR MANGANESE. PATENTED FOR PB-ZN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L. L., 1961, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, P. 33-34.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MILS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1978A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES ALONG FAULT (VEIN) STRIKING N50E IN PENNSYLVANIAN MAGDALENA GROUP LIMESTONES NEAR JUNCTION OF BARRINGER AND MIMBRES FAULT ZONES. PRINCIPAL ORE BODY IS 50 FEET LONG, 2-8 FEET WIDE, AND UP TO 12 FEET DEEP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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