South Canyon Magnesite Deposits

The South Canyon Magnesite Deposits is a magnesite mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,299 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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