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Buena Vista Group

Past Producer 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012386
MRDS ID D007992
Record type Site
Current site name Buena Vista Group
Related records 10223948

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.12309, 33.90426 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position ABOUT 17 MILES S 51 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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 005S 003W 02 CENTER New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE STRIP MINE NEAR THE CENTER OF SECTION 2 AS SHOWN ON THE MOLINO PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite 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) -107.12309, 33.90426
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs In Fractures And Along Brecciated Shear Zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. E. Miera
    Home office San Antonio, N.M.
    First year 1950
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Mexico
    Home office New Mexico
    First year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 33 TONS OF MN CONCENTRATES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OPENCUTS, PROSPECT PITS AND A SHORT EXPLORATORY ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 158-159

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 159

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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