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Proverbial Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062513
MRDS ID TC36003
Record type Site
Current site name Proverbial Mine
Alternate or previous names Proverbial Group
Related records 10223229

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.37894, 31.59071 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 7.8 MI S14W OF HATCHET RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

U Bar Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 31S 15W New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS NEAR LITTLE TANK IN BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS WSA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AGRICULTURAL GYPSUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Analytical data

Result FIVE SAMPLES CONTAINED 60-80% GYPSUM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Epitaph Dolomite
    Rock description Epitaph Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.37894, 31.59071
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Laramide Thrust Complex
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulted Dome

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small, Tight Folds Associated With Thrust Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOLOSTONE SHOWS NO EVAPORITIC FEATURES. GYPSUM APPARENTLY INJECTED DURING DEFORMATION OF HOST ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Production years LATE 1950'S TO EARLY 1960'S

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mahlon Everhart

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL TRUCKLOADS MINED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL QUARRY OPENS ONE OF A CLUSTER OF THREE PODS OF GYPSUM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PODS OF GYPSUM IN DEFORMED DOLOSTONE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey

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