Red Bluff Group

Occurrence 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. 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 10012396
MRDS ID D008004
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bluff Group
Related records 10175183

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.09281, 33.92342 (WGS84)
Elevation 2179
Relative position ABOUT 15 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 004S 002W 31 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • RED BLUFF GROUP IS ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE MANGANESE CHIEF GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
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) -107.09281, 33.92342

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs In Pods, Seams And Stringers Along A N 20 W Striking Shear Zone.

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 BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner O. M. Rickard
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 51.82M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF THREE OPENCUTS RANGING FROM 50 FT. TO 60 FT. LONG, 20 FT. TO 30 FT. WIDE AND UP TO 10 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 154-155

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 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.

External references