The Rio Salado Group is a manganese mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,564 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,564 Feet (1,696 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.34278, -107.08556
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Rio Salado Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rio Salado Group
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Rio Salado No. 1
Secondary: Esperanza No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Ladrons Mountains Area
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: Baca, A. B.
Home Office: Socorro, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: Carthage Coal Mines
Years: 1955 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
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 Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limestone
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BE 9.9 LONG TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE AVERAGING 22.8% MN.
Comment (Deposit): 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 172-173
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 172
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