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Bloodgood Group

Occurrence in Sierra 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011996
MRDS ID D007220
Record type Site
Current site name Bloodgood Group
Alternate or previous names Bloodgood A and B Group
Related records 10248419

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.70032, 32.91622 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 30 MILES S 61 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 008W 18 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT 0.5 MILES EAST OF KINGSTON NEAR THE TOP OF A SMALL HILL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MIDDLE PERCHA CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Wad Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.70032, 32.91622
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. H. Schoonmaker
    Home office Kingston, N.M.
    First year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 3 SHALLOW OPENCUTS AND 2 OLD INCLINED SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 107-108

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS IRREGULAR PODS ALONG FRACTURES AND AS REPLACEMENTS IN LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO FRACTURES. 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

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