El Grande Mine

Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Perlite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10175513
MAS/MILS ID 0350550010
Record type Site
Current site name El Grande Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -105.97118, 36.74173 (WGS84)
Elevation 2592
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tres Piedras(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Taos

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Los Pinos Formation of Lower Santa Fe Group

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD TABULATIONS OWN/OP: GREFCO INC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/01/2024
MSHA mine ID2900250
Mine name (MSHA)EL GRANDE
Current operatorDicaperl Minerals LLC
Current controller (parent)Dicalite Management Holdings, LLC
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (705 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references