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Section 36 Deposit

Occurrence 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10094464
MRDS ID D008007
Record type Site
Current site name Section 36 Deposit
Related records 10175411

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.10003, 33.92481 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 15 MILES S 52 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

Molino Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Mateo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(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

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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 004S 003W 36 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.10003, 33.92481
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Along A N 35 To 40 W Striking Brecciated Shear Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. O. Bursum
    Home office Socorro, N.M.
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Mexico
    Home office New Mexico
    First year 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF THREE OPENCUTS AND SEVERAL STRIPPED EXPLORATION AREAS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 155-156

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    PETTY, D.M., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-106, 174 PAGES, 2 PLATES

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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