Bianchi Claims

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012383
MRDS ID D007988
Record type Site
Current site name Bianchi Claims
Related records 10296739

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.06503, 33.92315 (WGS84)
Elevation 1989
Relative position ABOUT 14 MILES S 47 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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 32 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MINE IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 32 AS 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
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -107.06503, 33.92315

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs In Pods, Seams And Stringers Along A N 30 W Striking Shear Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1958

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. L. Golding, W.H. Harder And Claude Robinson
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Mexico
    Home office New Mexico
    First year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1958 A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF MILL ORE HAD BEEN MINED AND WAS AWAITING TREATMENT IN THE TORREON SPRINGS MILL.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT AND SEVERAL EXPLORATORY TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 156

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    PETTY, D.M., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-106, 174 PAGES, 2 PLATES

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 156

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.

External references