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Pyramid Mountains Deposit

Occurrence in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Perlite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010033
MRDS ID D003384
Record type Site
Current site name Pyramid Mountains Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.75619, 32.23485 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swallow Fork Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 024S 019W 01,11,12 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.75619, 32.23485
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lordsburg/Pyramid Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FLEDGE, R. F., 1959, NMBMMR BULL. 62, P. 29-31.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRIES

Comments on development

  • DEPOSITS PROBABLY DEVELOPED IN EARLY 1950'S. ACTIVE QUARRYING IN 1953 AND 1954. INACTIVE IN 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PERLITE GLASS IN LAYERED SILICIC VOLCANIC ROCKS OF MIDDLE TERTIARY AGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Richter, D. H. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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