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Red Rock Talc Mine 1941

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011916
MRDS ID D007109
Record type Site
Current site name Red Rock Talc Mine 1941
Alternate or previous names Also Known As the Maire Mine: Claim, Red Rock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.59446, 32.94929 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position ABOUT 41 MILES S 73 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hembrillo Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sands(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 003E 01 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HEMBRILLO CANYON NEAR THE SIERRA AND DONA ANA COUNTY LINE AND WITHIN THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.59446, 32.94929
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Of Talc Body Parallels Foliation And Layering Of Country Rock.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 40 TO 50 W
    Dip VERTICAL TO 70 NE
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposition Controlled By Favorable Rock Type And Structural Environment.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name San Andres Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Watson Ritch, Henry Cross, O. M. Nelson, L. C. Butler
    First year 1945
  • Type Owner
    Owner White Sands Missile Range
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • A TOTAL OF 2602 TONS OF TALC WAS REPORTEDLY SHIPPED FROM THE DEPOSIT BETWEEN 1942 AND 1945.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1980 CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT, AN ADIT WITH AN INCLINE TO A LOWER LEVEL DRIFT, A SHAFT CONNECTING THE ADIT AND THE SOUTHEAST DRIFT OF THE LOWER LEVEL, A WINZE AND A RAISE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAGE, B.M., 1942, THE HEMBRILLO AND RED ROCK TALC MINES, SAN ANDRES RANGE, N.M.: USGS REPORT, 17 P.

  • Deposit

    WALTER, A.S., 1953, APPRAISAL REPORT ON THE RED ROCK CLAIM, U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 25 P.

  • Deposit

    CHIDESTER, A.H., ENGEL, A.F.J., AND WRIGHT, L.A., 1964, USGS BULL 1167, P. 37-38, TABLE 5

  • Deposit

    KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 298

  • Production

    FITZSIMMONS AND KELLY, 1980 P. 36

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS AS A LENS ABOUT 100 FT. LONG AND UP TO 12 FT. WIDE. 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM COVERING 20.66 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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