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Agua Torres Mine

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072200
MRDS ID W016986
Record type Site
Current site name Agua Torres Mine
Alternate or previous names Aqua Torres Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.67864, 34.24758 (WGS84)
Elevation 1715
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILE N 41 E 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

Sierra De La Cruz(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 001S 002E 01 SE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Clay Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.67864, 34.24758
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North-Trending Fault Bring Penn Limestone On The West Against Perm Sandstone On The East.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Los Pinos Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grant Wilson (1950'S)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Campbell Farming Corp. Of Albuquerque, N. M. (1950'S)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR 1965 BULL 87, P.223

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 54, P. 106

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Weeks, Robert New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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