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Raton Deposit

Prospect in Colfax 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. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  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 10096961
MRDS ID ISM0071
Record type Site
Current site name Raton Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.54554, 36.84004 (WGS84)
Relative position PLUMBAGO CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colfax(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red River Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Canadian Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Colfax

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM MINERAL LOCALITY MAP OF NEW MEXICO, 1:500,000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAPHITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Coal

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.54554, 36.84004
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Coal Bed Graphit. By Diabase Sills

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; GRF; DIABASE SILLS HAVE COMPLETELY GRAPHITIZED THE PRINCIPAL COAL BED OF THE RATON FIELD IN SEVERAL PLACES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1889

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO); ASSESSMENT(NO MINING SEEMS LIKELY IN THE NEAR FUTURE IN VIEW OF THE LARGE SUPPLIES OF AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE AVAILABLE FROM MEXICO AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA);

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Calkins, James A. U.S. Geological Survey

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