San Antonio No. 1- 8 Placer Claims

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Pumice
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 10272827
MAS/MILS ID 0350390555
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio No. 1- 8 Placer Claims
Alternate or previous names San Antonio Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -108.46734, 35.52755 (WGS84)
Elevation 2575
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinedale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Puerco(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 031 N 009 E 21 SE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) San Rafael Group

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Eber C. Newman
    ID 2901002
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner Mc Millan, A. C.
    ID 2901002
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALSO LIE IN SEC. 28

  • Deposit

    NMBM MINES INDEX

  • Deposit

    RIO ARRIBA, NM COUNTY CLERK'S RECORD, BOOK 11, PP 557-

  • Deposit

    560

  • Deposit

    NM STATE MINE INSPECTORS OFFICE; NEW REGISTRATIONS (1978)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-84 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/30/1980
MSHA mine ID2901002
Mine name (MSHA)San Anton Mountain Pit
Current operatorColorado Aggregate Company Inc
Current controller (parent)George M Oringdulph
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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