Wallace Ranch

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Perlite
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014668
MRDS ID D011547
Record type Site
Current site name Wallace Ranch
Alternate or previous names Wallace Perlite
Related records 10149963

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.75063, 32.89178 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Applegate Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
016S 018W 19,30 SE4 (19) OF N2 (30) New Mexico

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) -108.75063, 32.89178

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Northern Part Of Burro Mountains In Cliff Quadrangle

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED MORE THAN 180 METRIC TONS OF PERLITE

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS AND CUTS

Comments on development

  • OPENED IN 1958 AND MINED UP TO 1960 FROM 3 OPEN PITS. HIGH QUALITY PERLITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, ELLIOT, 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P. 175-176

  • Production

    GILLERMAN, ELLIOT, 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P. 175-176.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VITROPHYRE IN MIDDLE TERTIARY RHYOLITE WITH PERLITE FORMING LENSES AND BEDS N30E,15NW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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