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South Sister Peak Spurrite Deposit

Occurrence in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062604
MRDS ID TC36128
Record type Site
Current site name South Sister Peak Spurrite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.69809, 31.90708 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Columbus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Paso(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 28S 08W 6 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LONG IS FOR SHAFT SYMBOL IN NE/4, NW/4 OF SECTION 6.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERAL COLLECTIONS AND ORNAMENTAL STONE, PURPLE COLORED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andradite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.69809, 31.90708
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M
    Length 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1928

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICATION OF LIMESTONE BAND IN XENOLITH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) U.S. Geological Survey

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