Cullum Pit

Producer in Rio Arriba 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10296244
MAS/MILS ID 0350390027
Record type Site
Current site name Cullum Pit
Alternate or previous names Cullum Pumice Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.22618, 35.97895 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 1000(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

Puye(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Los Alamos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.22618, 35.97895

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner General Pumice Corp
    ID 2900189
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP:GENERAL PUMICE CORP.

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINES FILE

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINES INDEX

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 07/11/1972
MSHA mine ID2900189
Mine name (MSHA)ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINE
Current operatorCr Minerals Company LLC
Current controller (parent)CR Minerals Company LLC
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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