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Kilbourne Hole

Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gemstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062516
MRDS ID TC36007
Record type Site
Current site name Kilbourne Hole
Related records 10271601

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.92779, 32.0682 (WGS84)
Elevation 1307
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 20 MI SW OF LAS CRUCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Afton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR AFTON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NODULES AVERAGE 2 IN IN DIAMETER UP TO 10 IN LONG, BADLY SHATTERED BUT HANDSOME GEMS, PERIDOT UP TO 3.4 CARATS (FACETED) REPORTED IN 1949; SEVERAL FRAGMENTS AS LARGE AS 33 CARATS, NODULES WITH CUTTABLE AREAS AS LARGE AS 128 CARATS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Chromite Gangue
Diopside Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.92779, 32.0682
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Elliptical Volcanic Crater Of Maar About 3.2 Km Long, 2.2 Km Wide

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARTER, M.D., 1977, GEM MATERIALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 267-276.

  • Deposit

    FUHRBACH, J.R., 1992, KILBOURNE HOLE PERIDOT: GEMS AND GEMOLOGY, SPRING 1992, P. 16-26.

  • Production

    FUHRBACH (1992).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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