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Myers Kaolinite Deposit

Occurrence in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Kaolin
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014239
MRDS ID D010919
Record type Site
Current site name Myers Kaolinite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Mesa Alta Kaolinite Deposit: Patented Claim, Ensign

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.69588, 36.24615 (WGS84)
Elevation 2606
Relative position ABOUT 32.5 MILES S 15 W OF TIERRA AMARILLA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arroyo Del Agua(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abiquiu(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Santa Fe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023N 002E 11 N2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE ENSIGN CLAIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota Sandstone;Morrison Formation
    Rock description Dakota Sandstone;Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.69588, 36.24615
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs At The Dakota-Morrison Boundary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southwestern Kaolinite Corp.
    First year 1964
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. E. Myers, A. C. Myers, E. C. Myers, And Verne Bryne
    First year 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REEVES, C.C., JR., 1963 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 58, P. 237-249

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., AND HOLMES, R.W., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 317

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 132-135

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF LENSES, PODS, AND THIN LAYERS OF KAOLINITE INTERCALATED WITH KAOLINITIC SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1983 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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