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Wagon Canyon Gypsum Deposit

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014991
MRDS ID DAV0094
Record type Site
Current site name Wagon Canyon Gypsum Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.03056, 33.6251 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wagon Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oscura Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5S;6S;7S 6E;7E;8E;6E;7E;8E;6E;7E;8E New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREADEPOSIT NAME COINED BY COMPILER TO LOCATE OCCURRENCE IN WEBER AND KOTTLOWSKI (1959).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 253
USGS model code 35a.5 (35ae)
Deposit model name Bedded gypsum: marine evaporite gypsum

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.03056, 33.6251
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lincoln County Porphyry Belt

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBER, R.H., AND KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 68, 68 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEARBY SAMPLE WAS 98.6 PERCENT GPSM, 1 PERCENT SIO2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

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