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Leintendorf Hills Perlite

Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Perlite
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110125
MRDS ID TC36034
Record type Site
Current site name Leintendorf Hills Perlite
Alternate or previous names Kirks Perlite Industries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.73702, 32.13652 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 8 MI SSW OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pyramid Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Hidalgo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EXPANDED PERLITE AGGREGATE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.73702, 32.13652
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3218.6M
    Width 804.65M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kirk'S Perlite Industries
    First year 1950
    Last year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • SELECTIVELY MINED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VOLUME OF DOME IS 30 MILLION CUBIC YDS.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN, G.S., KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., AND SEIMERS, W.T., 1982, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO IN 1981: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 9-16.

  • Deposit

    WEBER, R.H., 1977, LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATES IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 332-344.

  • Production

    WEBER (1977).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPOSED AREA OF ABOUT 1 SQ MI; VOLCANIC DOME WITH IRREGULAR LENSES AND SEAMS OF DEVITRIFIED GLASS AND ALTERATION PRODUCTS.

Reporter information

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

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