The South Canyon Magnesite Deposits is a magnesite mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Magnesite
Lat, Long: 32.26611, -106.50389
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South Canyon Magnesite Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Canyon Magnesite Deposits
Secondary: Claims In 1935
Secondary: Magnesia Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: New Year
Commodity
Primary: Magnesite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: South Canyon District: Southern Organ Mountains
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: White Sands Missile Range
Owner Name: F. C. Schneider
Years: 1930 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnesite
Ore: Brucite
Comments
Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE DEPOSITS.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN LARGE, LENTICULAR MASSES DEVELOPED TO A DEPTH OF 5 FT. IN A NUMBER OF SHALLOW PITS. THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS SHALLOW PITS AND SMALL OPENCUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): TAFT, H.H., 1936 ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., VOL 137, P. 137
Reference (Deposit): TALMAGE, S.B., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1937 NMBMMR BULL 12, P. 110-112
Reference (Deposit): KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 295-296
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, SHEET 1
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 66, 236-237
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