Amber Pearl Mines

Past Producer in Hidalgo 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. 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 10199007
MAS/MILS ID 0350230027
Record type Site
Current site name Amber Pearl Mines
Alternate or previous names Sweet-Horzmann Perlite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.75063, 32.23343 (WGS84)
Elevation 1530

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swallow Fork Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 024 S 019 W 12 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.75063, 32.23343

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 Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Marshall Kuykendall
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THREE QUARRIES IN SECS 1&12

  • Deposit

    OPERATED 1953-54

  • Deposit

    FLEGE R F NMBM&MR BULLETIN 62 P29

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.