The Carretas Canyon Group is a tungsten, lead, and manganese mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Lead, Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.98361, -106.99278
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Carretas Canyon Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carretas Canyon Group
Secondary: Claims: Optimo Nos. 1 To 12
Secondary: Alto Nos. 1 To 5
Secondary: Ultimo Nos. 1 To 9
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Lead
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Luis Lopez District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: John Macdonald Of Magdalena, N.M., Thomas Van Cleave And A. Andreas Of Socorro, N.M.
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Coronadite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF U.S. ROUTE 60 AND ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF THE GIANERO RANCH.
Comment (Deposit): THE MAIN DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A NORTHWEST-STRIKING ZONE ABOUT 4 FT. TO 5 FT. WIDE. THIS SHEAR ZONE CONTAINS CLOSELY SPACED FRACTURES FILLED WITH MANGANESE MINERALIZATION AND A MANGANIFEROUS MATRIX CEMENTING BRECCIATED RHYOLITE. OTHER DEPOSITS OCCUR IN NUMEROUS JOINTS AND FRACTURES AS FISSURE FILLINGS. 26 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1940'S CONSISTED OF AN ADIT AND NUMEROUS OPENCUTS AND SHALLOW PITS.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE LUIS LOPEZ DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR, 1965 BULL 87 P. 243
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
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