Clay Deposits

Prospect in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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 10271831
MAS/MILS ID 0350170191
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.37982, 32.71231 (WGS84)
Elevation 1748
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wind Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018 S 015 W 27 C E2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.37982, 32.71231

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. W Woodward
    Interest 100
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUARRIED IN 1940S FOR HURLEY SMELTER

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN E NMBM BUL 83 P111

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.