Elaine Group

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead
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. 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 10012390
MRDS ID D007996
Record type Site
Current site name Elaine Group
Alternate or previous names Claims, Elaine Nos. 1 To 7
Related records 10175724

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.78308, 34.14398 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 9 MILES N 46 E 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

Mesa Del Yeso(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(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 002S;002S 001E;002E 12,13;07,18 SE (12); NE (13); SW (07); NW (18) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE ELAINE CLAIM GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WILLIAMS, FILLO AND BLOOM, 1964, P. 33

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGH-GRADE CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 84.4% BASO4
Result 6.4% CAF2
Result 2.7% SIO2.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.78308, 34.14398

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 5 E
    Dip 27 NW
    Thickness 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs In Fracture Zones Along Bedding Planes Which Dip About 25 Sw And Rest On The West Flank Of An Anticline Whose Axis Trends N 5 E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Discoverer E.H. Smallwood Of San Antonio, N.M.
Year of first production 1979
Year of last production 1980

Mining district

District name Arroyo De La Parida Area: Chupadero District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ranger Industries, Inc.
    Home office P.O. Box 602, Socorro, N.M. 87801
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF OPENCUTS AND SHALLOW PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 32-33

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 126

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 140 ACRES.

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.