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Bear Canyon Group

Occurrence in Socorro 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 10012382
MRDS ID D007987
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Canyon Group
Related records 10199171

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.07392, 33.9787 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 12 MILES S 63 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Molino Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Mateo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 004S 002W 08 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE PROSPECTS IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 8 SHOWN ON THE MOLINO PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.07392, 33.9787
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs In Numerous Widely Separated Fracture Zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Yucca Uranium, Inc.
    First year 1955
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe Gianero
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPENCUTS AND SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 165-166

  • Deposit

    OSBURN, G.R., 1978 NMBMMR OFR-113, 159 PAGES, 1 PLATE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 20 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 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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