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U.S. Gypsum Company Perlite Deposit

Producer in Cibola 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 10062540
MRDS ID TC36042
Record type Site
Current site name U.S. Gypsum Company Perlite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.65534, 35.227 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lobo Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio San Jose(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Cibola

Comments on the location information

  • ON SW EDGE OF MOUNT TAYLOR VOLCANIC FIELD, IN EAST GRANTS RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) Crevasse Canyon Formation
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • OVAL SHAPED COMPLEX 1 X 1.5 MI WITH CENTRAL VOLCANIC DOME WITH CORE OF LITHOIDAL RHYOLITE, COLLAR OF OBSIDIAN AND PERLITE, PERIPHERAL ZONE OF TUFF, ON EAST SIDE IS A RING OF PERLITE, ALL CONCENTRIC INWARD DIPPING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Gypsum Co.
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1981.

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.

  • Production

    WEBER (1977).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-92 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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