The Maria Theresa Claims is a iron and titanium, metal mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,011 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,011 Feet (2,137 Meters)
Commodity: Iron, Titanium, Metal
Lat, Long: 36.40667, -106.01944
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Maria Theresa Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maria Theresa Claims
Secondary: Claims: Maria Theresa Nos. 2-5 and the Star Claims
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Sulfur
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Petaca District
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. J. Craig, Robert L. Johnson, And Vincent Moore
Home Office: Box 585, Albuquerque, Nm
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1945
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A CHARACTER SAMPLE CONTAINED 19.67% FE, 2.60% TI, 0.73% P, 0.04% S. (HARRER AND KELLY , 1963)
Materials
Ore: Ilmenite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE TWO PARALLEL BANDS OF IRON-BEARING SCHIST IN QUARTZITE. THE TWO BANDS EACH AVERAGE 10 FT IN WIDTH AND ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET APART.
Comment (Workings): THERE ARE NO WORKINGS OF ANY KIND IN THE AREA.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1940'S
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE NW CORNER MARK OF SECTION 17. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
References
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M. AND F.J. KELLY, 1963, USBM IC 8190, P. 62
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 176-183
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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