Ojo Caliente Nos. 1, 8, 9

Unknown in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10175109
MAS/MILS ID 0350390494
Record type Site
Current site name Ojo Caliente Nos. 1, 8, 9

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.06888, 36.62224 (WGS84)
Elevation 2515

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Las Tablas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028 N 008 E 35 NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.06888, 36.62224

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner V. Bastick And Ross Martinez
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALSO LIE IN SEC. 24 AND 34

  • Deposit

    NMBM MINES INDEX

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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