Chuska Mountain

Prospect in San Juan county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198926
MAS/MILS ID 0350450001
Record type Site
Current site name Chuska Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.04456, 36.09083 (WGS84)
Elevation 2393

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonsela Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon De Chelly(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chinle(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021 N 021 W 02 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Chinle Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-1978 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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External references