Carretas Canyon Group

The Carretas Canyon Group is a tungsten, lead, and manganese mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,801 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: 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

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Ownership

Owner Name: John Macdonald Of Magdalena, N.M., Thomas Van Cleave And A. Andreas Of Socorro, N.M.
Years: 1940 -

Production

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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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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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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