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Wagon Wheel Group

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
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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. 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 10012511
MRDS ID D008169
Record type Site
Current site name Wagon Wheel Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.13198, 34.06287 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 14 MILES N 88 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

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(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

Cibola National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003S 003W 10 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON A SMALL HILL ABOUT 0.5 MILES DUE WEST OF THE STROZZI RANCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.13198, 34.06287
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs In A Brecciated Area Near The Intersection Of The Northern Magdalena Range Bounding Fault And An East - Trending Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

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: Water Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ben Brown
    First year 1947

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1940'S CONSISTED OF NUMBEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS, PROSPECT PITS AND A SHORT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUMNER, W., 1981 NMBMMR OFR-135, 151 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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