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Rabb Canyon Moonstone Pegmatites

Producer in Grant 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062524
MRDS ID TC36017
Record type Site
Current site name Rabb Canyon Moonstone Pegmatites
Alternate or previous names Rattlesnake and Owl Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.84589, 32.88678 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MI N OF NEW MEXICO HIGHWAY 180 NEAR NOONDAY CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsboro Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Comments on the location information

  • IN BLACK RANGE, GILA NATIONAL FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Moonstone Ore
Biotite Gangue
Cleavelandite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sanidine Gangue
Sphene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL BODIES WITHIN RHYOLITE PORPHYRY PLUG THAT INTRUDES RHYOLITE TUFFS OF TERTIARY AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Comments on the workings information

  • RATTLESNAKE CLAIM: SOUTHERN TRENCH 15 FT LONG, 5 FT WIDE, 6 FT DEEP, TRENDING N65W; MIDDLE TRENCH 10 FT LONG, 3 FT WIDE, 4 FT DEEP, TRENDING N70W; NORTH CUT 21 FT LONG, 8 FT DEEP, TRENDING N54E; OWL CLAIM: 12 X 6 X 12 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CRYSTALS 8-24 IN LONG, 3-15 IN DIAMETER; OWL PEGMATITE STRIKES N55E, DIPS 60-75NW, 12 FT LONG, 6 FT WIDE, CRYSTALS UP TO 2.5 FT X 4 FT.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1920'S

Reporter information

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

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