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Silbrico Mine

Producer in Taos 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012596
MRDS ID D008293
Record type Site
Current site name Silbrico Mine
Alternate or previous names Silbrico Perlite Mine 1970's, United Perlite Mine 1960's

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.75724, 36.7106 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position ABOUT 24 MILES N 25 W OF TAOS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tres Piedras NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Taos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 029N 011E 27,34 S2 OF NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MINE ON THE SOUTHWEST FLANK OF BRUSHY MOUNTAIN AS SHOWN ON THE TRES PIEDRAS NE TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.75724, 36.7106
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1959

Mining district

District name No Agua District: Cerro De La Olla Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Silbrico Corp.
    Home office P.O. Box 367, Antonito, Co. 81120
    First year 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED RESERVES OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF TONS OF COMMERCIAL GRADE PERLITE.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINE.

Comments on development

  • REPORTED TO BE A 400 TONS PER DAY OPERATION IN 1979.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 106-107, P. 110

  • Deposit

    SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    WEBER, R.H., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 332-338

  • Reserve-Resource

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 110

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VOLCANIC DOME.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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

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