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St. Cloud zeolite mine

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Zeolites
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064515
MRDS ID TC38900
Record type Site
Current site name St. Cloud zeolite mine
Alternate or previous names Cuchillo Negro

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -107.6488, 33.2878 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF WINSTON. Site placed at one pit. Another pit about 1.5 miles NW probably is part of same mining operation.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
011S}012S 008W}008W 34,35}2,3,10,11,14,15,21,22 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTHERN PART OF WINSTON GRABEN BETWEEN BLACK RANGE AND SIERRA CUCHILLO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CRYSTALS UP TO 5 MICRONS BY 1 MICRON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clinoptilolite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Cristobalite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Illite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Zeolitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 170
USGS model code 25oa
Deposit model name Sedimentary zeolites: Zeolites in tuffs of open hydrologic systems (BC

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Upper Santa Fe Group
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Normal faults
Structure description Displaced By Nnw Trending Normal Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form Tabular

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Groundwater Alteration (?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner St. Cloud Zeolite
    Home office St. Cloud Mining Co.\nPO Box 196\nWinston, New Mexico 89743
    Year 2011

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AVERAGES 50% CLINOPTIOLITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWIE, M.R., AND BARKER, J.M., 1987, COMPARISON OF SELECTED ZEOLITE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, AND TEXAS, IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST FORUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, ED. H.W. PEIRCE: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY, SPECIAL PAPER 4, P. 90-105

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BOWIE AND BARKER (1987)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 06-JAN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Fixed location and some minor things.

Beyond USGS

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

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