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Carretas Canyon Group

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Manganese, Lead, Tungsten
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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 10094249
MRDS ID D001310
Record type Site
Current site name Carretas Canyon Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: Optimo Nos. 1 To 12, Alto Nos. 1 To 5, Ultimo Nos. 1 To 9

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.99337, 33.9837 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES S 51 W OF SOCORRO., Within A Radius Of 1 Mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Luis Lopez(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oscura Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 004S;004S 001W;002W 06,07,18;01,12 W2 (06); W2 (07); NW (18); E2 (01); E2 (12) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF U.S. ROUTE 60 AND ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF THE GIANERO RANCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.99337, 33.9837
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 80 SW
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE LUIS LOPEZ DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Luis Lopez District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Macdonald Of Magdalena, N.M., Thomas Van Cleave And A. Andreas Of Socorro, N.M.
    First year 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1940'S CONSISTED OF AN ADIT AND NUMEROUS OPENCUTS AND SHALLOW PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR, 1965 BULL 87 P. 243

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAIN DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A NORTHWEST-STRIKING ZONE ABOUT 4 FT. TO 5 FT. WIDE. THIS SHEAR ZONE CONTAINS CLOSELY SPACED FRACTURES FILLED WITH MANGANESE MINERALIZATION AND A MANGANIFEROUS MATRIX CEMENTING BRECCIATED RHYOLITE. OTHER DEPOSITS OCCUR IN NUMEROUS JOINTS AND FRACTURES AS FISSURE FILLINGS. 26 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-74 Elliott, James E. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-95 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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