Copperas Creek

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Kaolin
Sections on this page
  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 10062574
MRDS ID TC36087
Record type Site
Current site name Copperas Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.21895, 33.06817 (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

Copperas Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Gila Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIGHT-COLORED FACE BRICK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore
Montmorillonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.21895, 33.06817

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1960'S AND 1970'S, SUPPLIED REESE MINING AND MANUFACTURING CO. PLANT AT SILVER CITY.

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

  • Production

    PATTERSON AND HOLMES (1977).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.