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Vaughn Region Gypsum Deposits

Occurrence in Guadalupe county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094710
MRDS ID DAV0023
Record type Site
Current site name Vaughn Region Gypsum Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.08387, 34.75008 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guadalupe(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tapia Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vaughn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pecos Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Guadalupe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5N 18E New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREADEPOSIT COVERS A 22X11 MI TEARDROP SHAPED AREA BETWEEN VAUGHN AND SANTA ROSA. AREA READILY ACCESSIBLE BY RAIL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 253
USGS model code 35a.5 (35ae)
Deposit model name Bedded gypsum: marine evaporite gypsum

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.08387, 34.75008
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Chemical Precipitation

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE GYPSUM MORE THAN 20 FT THICK EXPOSED IN A QUARRY. CHIP SAMPLE WAS 94.8% GYPSUM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBER, R.H., AND KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 68, 68 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT COVERS A 22 BY 11 MI TEARDROP SHAPED AREA.DRILL HOLE DATA POINTS TO A VERY LARGE AREA NE OF VAUGHN WHERE GYPSUM LIES BENEATH A ATHIN COVER OF LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

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