La Cieniga Scoria

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 10175734
MRDS ID TC36375
MAS/MILS ID 0350490135
Record type Site
Current site name La Cieniga Scoria
Related records 10062800

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.13618, 35.61086 (WGS84)
Elevation 1928
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Fe(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tetilla 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

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 Santa Fe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016 N 008 E 18 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.13618, 35.61086

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 Crego Block Co
    ID 2900186
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAPACITY 200 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-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/09/2012
MSHA mine ID2900186
Mine name (MSHA)Crego Mine
Current operatorSuperlite Block
Current controller (parent)CRH PLC
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