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Ancho Fire Clay Deposit

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015011
MRDS ID DAV0122
Record type Site
Current site name Ancho Fire Clay Deposit
Related records 10295992

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.72305, 33.91704 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ancho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4S 12E 31 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FIRE CLAY IS ALSO PRESENT IN THE TRIASSIC CHINLE FM IN THIS AREA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Dakota
    Rock description Dakota
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.72305, 33.91704
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Synclinal Basin 3 Mi Across On The Minor Axis.

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 30E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1922

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Byran Hightower (Surface); U.S. Government (Minerals)

Comments on the production information

  • FOUR CLAY BEDS WERE MINED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN ESTIMATE OF INFERRED RESOURCES OF ONE DAKOTA FM SHALE BED 10,000 FT LONG AND 8 FT THICK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KORZEB, S.L., AND KNESS, R.F., 1992, MINERAL RESOURCE INVESTIGATION OF THE ROSWELL RESOURCE AREA, CHAVES, CURRY, DEBACA, GAUDALUPE, LINCOLN, QUAY, AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES, NM: USBM MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT DRAFT MANUSCRIPT, 229 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 1.5 MI SE OF ANCHO
Deposit First Production Year: 1902 TO SUPPLY ANCHO BRICK PLANT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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