Rattlesnake Canyon

Occurrence in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Aluminum
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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062629
MRDS ID TC36161
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.67504, 32.51373 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 14 KM NW OF FLORIDA RAIL SIDING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

OK Canyon(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Comments on the location information

  • ON E FLANK OF COOKE RANGE IN LOW ROUNDED HILLS NEAR MOUTH OF CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY NOT COMMERCIAL AS ALUMINUM SOURCE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Dickite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.67504, 32.51373

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCK MORE KAOLINITIZED THAN ALUNITIZED.

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.