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Thompson Canyon Deposit

Occurrence in Grant 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014670
MRDS ID D011549
Record type Site
Current site name Thompson Canyon Deposit
Alternate or previous names Brock
Related records 10272222

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.53534, 32.56956 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Eye Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
020S 016W 18 New Mexico

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) -108.53534, 32.56956
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central Part Of Burro Mountains In Redrock Quad.

Comments on development

  • UNDEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, ELLIOT, 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P. 135.

  • Deposit

    BALLMAN, D. L., 1960, NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING TECHNOLOGY, STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 70, 39 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VITROPHYRE IN MIDDLE TERTIARY RHYOLITE DOME. DOME SHAPED MASS IS 0.8 MILES IN DIAMETER AND 2000 FEET THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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