Ridge Claims

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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271573
MRDS ID D009942
MAS/MILS ID 0350230011
Record type Site
Current site name Ridge Claims
Alternate or previous names Hoggett Prospect
Related records 10013573

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 31 NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.70892, 31.74184

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.5M
    Length 40M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45E:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK,H.E. 1946 NM BU MINS,MIN RES BULL 21 PP 107

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKED FOR MANGANESE IN 1943

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Mcanulty U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references