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Hembrillo Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Stone
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062606
MRDS ID TC36132
Record type Site
Current site name Hembrillo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.58529, 32.93345 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hembrillo Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sands(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 16S 03E 12 NE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH WALL OF HEMBRILLO CANYON IN SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS. ON WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OTHER ROCK TYPES PRESENT ARGILLITE, PHYLLITE, SILICA-CARBONATE, ROCK OVERLAIN BY CAMBRIAN AND ORDOVICIAN BLISS SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • BOTH MINES CLOSED IN 1945 WHEN LAND BECAME WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1977, TALC, PYROPHYLLITE, AND RICOLITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 296-298

  • Production

    KOTTLOWSKI (1977).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 LENSES WITH TOTAL DIMENSIONS GIVEN ABOVE.

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.

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