Big Rock Deposit

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Kyanite
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 10198693
MAS/MILS ID 0350390013
Record type Site
Current site name Big Rock Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -106.06978, 36.55114 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Las Tablas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson 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 Rio Arriba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -106.06978, 36.55114

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAHNS R.H. MICA DEPOSITS OF THE PETACA DISTRICT, RIO ARRIBA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY,NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL.25 1946 P 261

  • Deposit

    BINGLER E.C.GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY,NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL.91 1968 P 128-131

  • Deposit

    COREY A.F. KYANITE OCCURANCES IN THE PETACA DISTRICT, RIO

  • Deposit

    ARRIBA COUNTY,NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL 47 1960 P30-33

  • Deposit

    PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONF.,GHOST RANCH 1974 P 19

  • Deposit

    TALMAGE S.B. AND WOOTTON T.P. THE NON-METALLIC MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES

  • Deposit

    NMBM BULL.12 1937 P 138

  • Deposit

    JUST EVAN GEOLOGY AND EONOMIC FEATURES OF THE PEGMATITES

  • Deposit

    OF TAOS AND RIO ARRIBA COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL

  • Deposit

    13 1937 P 69

  • Deposit

    NM BOM BULL 91

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.