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Mcdonald Ranch Deposit

Past Producer in Grant 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014669
MRDS ID D011548
Record type Site
Current site name Mcdonald Ranch Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.31729, 32.47234 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Werney Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
022S;022S 014W;015W 19,18;13 NE4 (19); NE4 (13) 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) Piedmont alluvial deposits
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name South Part Of Burro Mountains In Werney Hill Quad

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED FROM A NUMBER OF OPEN PITS IN 1950.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, ELLIOT, 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P. 135-136.

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D. C., 1978, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1038.

  • Deposit

    BALLMAN, D. L., 1960, NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING TECHNOLOGY, STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 70, 39 P.

  • Deposit

    JASTER, M. C., 1956, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-I, P. 375-404.

  • Production

    GILLERMAN, ELLIOT, 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P.135-136.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VITROPHYRE IN MIDDLE TERTIARY RHYOLITE WITH PERLITE FORMING BEDS IN RHYOLITE, CHERT, AND OTHER SILICEOUS MATERIAL.

Reporter information

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

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