| Deposit ID | 10094666 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010920 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Stinking Lake Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.81782, 36.66614 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2515 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 15 MILES S 81 W OF TIERRA AMARILLA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Rio Arriba(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Apache Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)
Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Rio Arriba |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 028N | 001E | 03 | W2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Rutile | Ore |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| Rock unit name | Mesaverde Formation;Point Lookout Sandstone | ||
| Rock description | Mesaverde Formation;Point Lookout Sandstone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -106.81782, 36.66614 |
|---|
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 2.44M |
| Length | 1219.2M |
| Width | 914.4M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Discoverer | U.S. Atomic Energy Commission |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1968 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 2267000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010920 |
CHENOWETH, W.L., 1957 NMGS GUIDEBOOK EIGHTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 212-217
BINGLER, E.C., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 240-241
BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 106-110
BINGLER, E.C., 1968, P. 110.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF THIN LAYERS OF HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATIONS INTERLAYERED WITH QUARTZ SANDSTONE. STRIKE LENGTH IS ABOUT 3000 FT. AND PERPENDICULAR TO STRIKE THE DEPOSIT IS 4000 FT. LONG. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1983 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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