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Unknown Name Kaolinite Prospect

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Kaolin
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062573
MRDS ID TC36086
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Name Kaolinite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.57338, 33.63648 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Welty Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Mateo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Elephant Butte Reservoir(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 Sierra

Comments on the location information

  • 14 MI W OF WINSTON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FEW TONS USED TO MAKE CERAMIC TILE, POTENTIAL AS PAPER COATER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cristobalite Ore
Kaolin Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.57338, 33.63648
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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 reserve resource information

  • BEING EVALUATED IN 1977.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., AND HOLMES, R.W., 1977, CLAYS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 312-322

  • Reserve-Resource

    PATTERSON AND HOLMES (1977).

Reporter information

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

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