The Santa Rita Group 1950's is a manganese mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.32583, -107.10222
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Santa Rita Group 1950's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Santa Rita Group 1950's
Secondary: Mcphaul Property
Secondary: Hackberry Group
Secondary: Sarracino Prospect 1940's
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Ladrons Mountains Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Joe Bagley And Clarence Barrett
Years: 1954 -
Owner Name: Joe A. Bagley
Home Office: Socorro, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
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: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BE 33 LONG TONS AVERAGING 22.8% MN.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF MANY SMALL, SHALLOW OPENCUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 171-172
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 171
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