| Deposit ID | 60000971 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M054821 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Ladrons Mountains Area |
| Alternate or previous names | Ladron District, Sierra Ladrones, Hanson District, Ladrones Mountains District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.0847, 34.4347 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
| Relative position | GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE FOR LADRON PEAK, ELEVATION 9176 FEET. ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE AREA CODE IS 13020209. LAND STATUS IS MOSTLY BLM ADMINISTERED BUT ASLO INCLUDES PRIVATE LAND AND STATE SECTIONS. THE LADRONS MOUNTAINS ARE ROUGHLY TRIANGULAR AROUND THE BASE AND ABOUT 10 MILES LONG ON EACH SIDE., WITHIN A RADIUS OF 5 MILES. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Socorro(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ladron Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Puerco(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Socorro |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Uranium | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| (1) | -107.0847, 34.4347 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1868 |
| Discoverer | Hanson |
| Year of first production | 1927 |
| Year of last production | 1958 |
| District name | LADRON DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| District name | HANSON DISTRICT |
JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 114
JOHNSON, W.D. JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 124-125
LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 87-91
NORTHROP, S.A., 1944 MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, U.N.M. PRESS, P. 190-192
Chester, 1965, USBM IC-8252, p. 373, 375.
Northrop, S.A., 1942, Minerals of New Mexico: Univ. of New Mexico Bulletin Geol. Surv., v. 6, no. 1, p. 114.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | 2012-11-29 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey |
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