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Cabresto Lake Prospect

Occurrence in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Graphite
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094515
MRDS ID D008900
Record type Site
Current site name Cabresto Lake Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.49863, 36.7506 (WGS84)
Elevation 2835
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 24 MILES N 10 E OF TAOS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Latir Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Taos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 029N 013E 13 W2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LAKE FORK CANYON OVERLOOKING CABRESTO LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.49863, 36.7506
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip 60 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Red River District: Cabresto Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN CUT IN 1960.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 29-31

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 111, MAP 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAPHITE OCCURS AS SPECKS AND FINE-GRAINED AGGREGATES IN SOME OF THE SCHIST AND GNEISS LAYERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

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