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Grefco Socorro Perlite Mine 1970's

Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Perlite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012587
MRDS ID D008275
Record type Site
Current site name Grefco Socorro Perlite Mine 1970's
Alternate or previous names Great Lakes Carbon Corp. Socorro Perlite Mine 1949 To 1961

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.94142, 34.02537 (WGS84)
Elevation 1562
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 MILES S 52 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Socorro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003S 001W 28 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE OPEN PIT AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.94142, 34.02537
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 137.16M
    Length 792.48M
    Width 609.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1949

Mining district

District name Socorro Peak District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Grefco Dicalite Division
    Home office P.O. Box 1436, Socorro, N.M. 87801
    First year 1979

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINE.

Comments on development

  • REPORTED TO BE A 500 TONS PER DAY OPERATION IN 1979.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JASTER, MKINGS REPORTED IN 1960 CONSISTED OF AN ADIT AND A CAVED SHAFT.

  • Deposit

    MCKINLAY, P.F., 1956 NMBMMR BULL 42, 32 PAGES, 1 PLATE

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 52-54

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, MAP 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VOLCANIC DOME

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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