Plains Group

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174837
MAS/MILS ID 0350230012
Record type Site
Current site name Plains Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.70892, 31.74184 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gillespie Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 029 S 018 W 32 SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.70892, 31.74184

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. M Dunagan And Associates
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner Combined Minerals Inc-Lessee
    Home office Texas
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS,F.E. 1966 US BU MINS IC 8307 PP 71-72

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKED FOR MANGANESE IN 1943

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Mkny U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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