Red Bird

Producer in Santa Fe county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Pumice
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10175305
MAS/MILS ID 0350490215
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bird
Alternate or previous names Cerrito Pelado

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.15198, 35.66066 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Fe(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montoso Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Los Alamos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Santa Fe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Santa Fe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017 N 007 E 36 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.15198, 35.66066

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colony Materials
    ID 2900936
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAPACITY 700 CYD

  • Deposit

    SIEMERS & AUSTIN 1979 NMBM MAP RM-9

  • Deposit

    OSBURN J C 1980 NMBM ANNUAL REPORT P75

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 03/25/1986
MSHA mine ID2900936
Mine name (MSHA)CERRITO PELADO
Current operatorMonarch Mountain Minerals & Aggregates, LLC
Current controller (parent)Quikrete Holdings Inc.
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references