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Pumice Corporation of America Deposit

Past Producer in Cibola county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062542
MRDS ID TC36045
Record type Site
Current site name Pumice Corporation of America Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.76423, 35.227 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 5 MI NE OF GRANTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grants(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 GRANTS RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABRASIVE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.76423, 35.227
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PUMICE SEPARATED BY GRAVITY METHODS AT MILL NEAR MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE RESERVES 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.

  • Production

    WEBER (1977).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUFF CONSISTS OF BLOCKS OF PUMICE, RHYOLITE, EXOTIC ROCK FRAGMENTS IN WHITE ASH MATRIX.

Reporter information

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

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