Jvb Claims

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097811
MRDS ID D007998
Record type Site
Current site name Jvb Claims
Related records 10150702

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.04726, 33.98815 (WGS84)
Elevation 1913
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 10 MILES S 63 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

Molino Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Mateo 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

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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 004S 002W 04 SE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.04726, 33.98815

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs In Seams And Stringers Along A N 30 W Striking Shear Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1958

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. R. Wright
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe Gianero
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 3000 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED 55 LONG TONS OF CONCENTRATES AVERAGING 40.1% MN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY AN OPENCUT ABOUT 250 FT. LONG, 30 FT. TO 75 FT. WIDE AND UP TO 20 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 163

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    OSBURN, G.R., 1978 NMBMMR OFR-113, 159 PAGES, 1 PLATE

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 163

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

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