Valle Grande Pumice Mine

Past Producer in Sandoval 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 10175367
MAS/MILS ID 0350430446
Record type Site
Current site name Valle Grande Pumice Mine
Alternate or previous names Mile-Hi Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.46339, 35.79695 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sandoval(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bland(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 Sandoval

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018 N 004 E 13 SWNENE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Bandelier Tuff

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Valle Grande Pumice Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1952

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    N. M. STATE MINE INSPECTORS REPORT, 1952

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MAP FILES AND MINES FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 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.

External references