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Saddle Mountain

Occurrence in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Aluminum
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014596
MRDS ID D011438
Record type Site
Current site name Saddle Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.02286, 32.88205 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tillie Hall Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
016S 021W 28,29 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.02286, 32.88205
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Summit Mnt. Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^35% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Manganese Manganese 35wt-pct
  • Year 1954
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^21-36% + 789 Lt Of Conc. (33% Mn)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Manganese Manganese 33wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HALL, R.B., 1978, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1076-A

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1979-1980, USGS UNPUBLISHED DATA IN YORK VALLEY NE QUAD., GRANT COUNTY, NM AND GREENLEE COUNTY AZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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