The Foster Canyon Group is a manganese and iron mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,703 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: 7,703 Feet (2,348 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese, Iron
Lat, Long: 35.3864, -108.39580
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Foster Canyon Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Foster Canyon Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Federal Lease
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Foy, V. F.
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1942
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Datil Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBM CIRC 77, 1965
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR MINES FILE
Reference (Deposit): INCLUDES FOSTER 1-8 GROUP OF CLAIMS
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8190, 1963, P50
Reference (Deposit): LOCATION
Reference (Deposit): CANYON, BUT FOSTER CANYON IS IN SEC 2 SO I USE SEC 2 AS
Reference (Deposit): LOCATION GIVEN IN CARD FILE AS T13N,R15W,SEC1 IN FOSTER
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8190 GIVES LOCATION AS T13N,R5W,SEC1
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