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Ash Creek Talc-Serpentinite Quarry

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105274
MRDS ID TC36131
Record type Site
Current site name Ash Creek Talc-Serpentinite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.7123, 32.74761 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MI NE OF REDROCK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redrock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 18S 18W 16 NW4 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS INTERIOR WAINSCOTING AND TO MAKE CARVED DECORATIVE ARTICLES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.7123, 32.74761
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • XENOLITHS PROBABLY HAD A LIMESTONE PROTOLITH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1977, TALC, PYROPHYLLITE, AND RICOLITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 296-298

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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