Little Florida Mountains

Past Producer in Luna 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062575
MRDS ID TC36089
Record type Site
Current site name Little Florida Mountains

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.61392, 32.22707 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Florida Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deming(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF DEMING.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STABILIZING AD MIXTURE WITH OTHER CLAYS TO OBTAIN A UNIFORMLY COLORED HEAVY CLAY PRODUCT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.61392, 32.22707

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

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

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.

External references