Maria Theresa Claims

Occurrence in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014376
MRDS ID D011120
Record type Site
Current site name Maria Theresa Claims
Alternate or previous names Claims: Maria Theresa Nos. 2-5 and the Star Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.02002, 36.40671 (WGS84)
Elevation 2137
Relative position ABOUT 36 MILES S 38 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Madera(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abiquiu(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson 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 Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 025N 009E 17 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE NW CORNER MARK OF SECTION 17. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Analytical data

Result A CHARACTER SAMPLE CONTAINED 19.67% FE, 2.60% TI, 0.73% P, 0.04% S. (HARRER AND KELLY , 1963)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Ortega Quartzite
    Rock description Ortega Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.02002, 36.40671

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip 45 SOUTH
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945

Mining district

District name Petaca District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. J. Craig, Robert L. Johnson, And Vincent Moore
    Home office Box 585, Albuquerque, Nm

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE NO WORKINGS OF ANY KIND IN THE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M. AND F.J. KELLY, 1963, USBM IC 8190, P. 62

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 176-183

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE TWO PARALLEL BANDS OF IRON-BEARING SCHIST IN QUARTZITE. THE TWO BANDS EACH AVERAGE 10 FT IN WIDTH AND ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET APART.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1940'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Murray, Diane 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