Black Point

Occurrence in Taos 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223756
MAS/MILS ID 0350550036
Record type Site
Current site name Black Point
Alternate or previous names Red River Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -105.56947, 36.70424 (WGS84)
Elevation 2317
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Questa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Taos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 029 N 013 E 32 SE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -105.56947, 36.70424

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Ova Gibson And Associates
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM LL 1961 USBM 1C8030 P175

  • Deposit

    HOWARD, E. VIET; METALLIFEROUS OCCURRENCES IN N. M., STATE

  • Deposit

    PLANNING OFFICE, SANTA FE, N. M., 1967, P. 204

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINE FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references