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Phillips Hills Gypsum Deposit

Occurrence in Lincoln 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111414
MRDS ID DAV0092
Record type Site
Current site name Phillips Hills Gypsum Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.12556, 33.43761 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Rivers NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREADEPOSIT NAME COINED BY COMPILER TO LOCATE OCCURRENCE IN WEBER AND KOTTLOWSKI (1959).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE WAS 98.1% GYPSUM

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) -106.12556, 33.43761
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lincoln County Porphyry Belt

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BEDDED
    Strike N TO NW
    Dip 5 TO 16E

Comments on the geologic information

  • NUMEROUS GYPSUM BEDS CROPOUT FOR 5 MI ALONG STRIKE.

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 IN SOME PLACES, SEVERAL ACRES OF GYPSUM COULD BE UNCOVERED BY STRIPPING A THIN OVERBURDEN OF SOIL AND LIMESTONE.
Deposit REPORTS OF WHITE GPSM 50-100 FT THICK.

Reporter information

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

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