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Rita Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10014976
MRDS ID DAV0076
Record type Site
Current site name Rita Mine
Related records 10199408

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.75888, 33.75593 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6S 11E New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.75888, 33.75593
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lincoln County Porphyry Belt

Ore body information

  • General form LODE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THOMPSON (1991) CONCLUDED THAT ALKALIC MAGMAS AND THEIR GOLD SYSTEMS ARE DERIVED FROM MANTLE-DEEP CRUSTAL SOURCES WITH LITTLE CONTAMINATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Oaks

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 129.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY A MODERATE AMOUNT OF STOPING WAS DONE AT RITA. THE PRINCIPAL STOPE WAS ADJACENT TO THE MAIN SHAFT AND EXTENDED FROM THE 125-FT LEVEL TO THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RITA SHAFT WAS USED TO HOIST ORE FROM HOMESTAKE MINE AFTER THE LATTER MINE'S SHAFT HAD BURNED. ONLY MODERATE STOPING WAS DONE AT RITA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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