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Box Well Graben Perlite Deposit

Occurrence in Grant 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  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 10062592
MRDS ID TC36112
Record type Site
Current site name Box Well Graben Perlite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.897, 32.7579 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Lorenzo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 18S 10W 8 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LONG IS FOR CENTER OF SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CALLED FLOW PERLITE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.897, 32.7579
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TONNAGE OF FLOW PERLITE IS SMALL; ORE REFERS TO BRECCIA PERLITE.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAY PERLITE GRADES INTO RHYOLITE AND LIES ON PERLITE BRECCIA.

Reporter information

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

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