Mesa Alta Prospects

Occurrence in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Kaolin
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10248498
MAS/MILS ID 0350390471
Record type Site
Current site name Mesa Alta Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.62559, 36.25284 (WGS84)
Elevation 2606

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laguna Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abiquiu(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

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 Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023 N 003 E 04 C New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.62559, 36.25284

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southwestern Kaolin Corp.
    Year 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KAOLIN CLAY REFERENCE LOCALITY

  • Deposit

    BINGLER EDWARD C. GEOLOGY, RIO ARRIBA NMBM BULL. 91

  • Deposit

    1968 P 132, 134

  • Deposit

    REEVES C.C. JR GEOLOGY OF A.P.I PROJECT 49 KAOLIN CLAY

  • Deposit

    REFERENCE LOCALITY, MESA ALTA, NEW MEXICO ECO. GEO.

  • Deposit

    V58 1963 P 237-249

  • Deposit

    LEOPOLD LUNA B. CLIMATIC CHARACTER OF THE INTERVAL BETWEEN

  • Deposit

    THE JURASSIC AND CRETACEOUS IN NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA

  • Deposit

    JOUR. GEO. V51 1943 P 56-62

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL.

  • Deposit

    87 1965 P 317

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.