The Elaine Group is a barium-barite mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 34.14389, -106.78250
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Elaine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elaine Group
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Elaine Nos. 1 To 7
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Arroyo De La Parida Area: Chupadero District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ranger Industries, Inc.
Home Office: P.O. Box 602, Socorro, N.M. 87801
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1979
Year Last Production: 1980
Discovery Year: 1958
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2.7% SIO2.
Analytical Data: 6.4% CAF2
Analytical Data: HIGH-GRADE CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 84.4% BASO4
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WILLIAMS, FILLO AND BLOOM, 1964, P. 33
Comment (Deposit): 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 140 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF OPENCUTS AND SHALLOW PITS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE ELAINE CLAIM GROUP.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 32-33
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 126
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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