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Chuska Mountains Deposit

Occurrence in San Juan 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094667
MRDS ID D010993
Record type Site
Current site name Chuska Mountains Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.00065, 36.10281 (WGS84)
Elevation 2393
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 76 MILES S43W FROM AZTEC, NM, Within 1000 Feet Radius (?)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonsela Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon De Chelly(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chinle(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022N 021W 23 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION OF DEPOSIT IS HIGHLY ESTIMATED. THERE IS NO CADASTRAL GRID IN THIS LOCATION. LITERATURE SAYS LOCATION IS 5-5 1/2 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF CRYSTAL, NM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979; 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1955 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Analytical data

Result THREE SAMPLES AVERAGED 21% MANGANESE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chuska Sandstone Formation
    Rock description Chuska Sandstone Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.00065, 36.10281
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Dip FLAT LYING
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Climax Molybdenum Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, USBM IC 8030, P. 82-84

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS AS DISCONNECTED, KNOBBY BUNCHES OF IRREGULAR BOTRYOIDAL, LENTICULAR AGGREGATES, IRREGULARLY SPACED OVER AN AREA OF 1/2 SQ. MILE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-83 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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