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Great Lakes Carbon Corp. Socorro Deposit

Producer in Socorro 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. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062539
MRDS ID TC36041
Record type Site
Current site name Great Lakes Carbon Corp. Socorro Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.90087, 34.02259 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 3 MI SW OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Socorro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Comments on the location information

  • EASTERN EDGE OF SOCORRO MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SHIPPED AS SIZE-GRADED CRUDE, SOME USED AS FILTER AIDS, OIL-WELL DRILLING MUD, OIL-WELL CEMENT AGGREGATE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 28.45
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 28.45

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.90087, 34.02259
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLCANIC DOME 2000 X 2600 FT WITH 450 FT ELEVATION, OVERLAPPED IN N AND S MARGINS BY VITRIC BRECCIAS AND TUFFS OF PUMICEOUS PERLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Great Lakes Carbon Corp.
    First year 1949
    Last year 1961

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE RESOURCES OF EASILY MINEABLE PERLITE REMAIN.

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.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WEBER (1977).

Reporter information

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

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