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Rio Salado 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012397
MRDS ID D008005
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Salado Group
Alternate or previous names Claims, Rio Salado No. 1, Esperanza No. 1
Related records 10297241

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.08615, 34.34286 (WGS84)
Elevation 1696
Relative position ABOUT 23 MILES N 30 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

Silver Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Salado(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 001N 002W 06 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limestone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madera Limestone
    Rock description Madera Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.08615, 34.34286
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs Along Bedding Planes And Joints Or Solution Channels.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Ladrons Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carthage Coal Mines
    First year 1955
  • Type Owner
    Owner Baca, A. B.
    Home office Socorro, N.M.
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BE 9.9 LONG TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE AVERAGING 22.8% MN.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 172-173

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 172

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 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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