Foster Canyon Group

Occurrence in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Iron, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10296174
MAS/MILS ID 0350310254
Record type Site
Current site name Foster Canyon Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -108.39644, 35.38645 (WGS84)
Elevation 2348
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ciniza(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Zuni(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

Cibola 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 McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013 N 015 W 02 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) San Andres Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Foy, V. F.
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8190 GIVES LOCATION AS T13N,R5W,SEC1

  • Deposit

    LOCATION GIVEN IN CARD FILE AS T13N,R15W,SEC1 IN FOSTER

  • Deposit

    CANYON, BUT FOSTER CANYON IS IN SEC 2 SO I USE SEC 2 AS

  • Deposit

    LOCATION

  • Deposit

    INCLUDES FOSTER 1-8 GROUP OF CLAIMS

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8190, 1963, P50

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINES FILE

  • Deposit

    NMBM CIRC 77, 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JUN-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.

External references