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El Paso Perlite Co., Inc.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062534
MRDS ID TC36035
Record type Site
Current site name El Paso Perlite Co., Inc.
Alternate or previous names Mcdonald Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.30061, 32.38651 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
22S;22S 14W;15W New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ON MCDONALD RANCH ALONG BURRO CIENEGA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EXPANDED PERLITE PRODUCED AT GAGE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.30061, 32.38651
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner El Paso Perlite Co.
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • MINED IN 1953 FROM EASTERN SEGMENT OF DEPOSIT, ABANDONED PERHAPS BECAUSE OF ALTERED ZONES AND LITHOIDAL RHYOLITE.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN, G.S., KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., AND SEIMERS, W.T., 1982, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO IN 1981: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 9-16.

  • Deposit

    WEBER, R.H., 1977, LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATES IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 332-344.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PERLITE CROPS OUT FOR 6 MI ALONG BURRO CIENEGA.

Reporter information

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

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