Sumner Lake Gypsum Deposits

Occurrence in De Baca county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014934
MRDS ID DAV0015
Record type Site
Current site name Sumner Lake Gypsum Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.44219, 34.58342 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

De Baca(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sumner Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico De Baca

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4N 24E New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • SMALL OUTCROP OF ARTESIA GROUP SE OF SUMMER LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 253
USGS model code 35a.5 (35ae)
Deposit model name Bedded gypsum: marine evaporite gypsum

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.44219, 34.58342

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Chemical Precipitation

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL OUTCROP OF ARTERSIA GROUP SE OF SUMMER LAKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBER, R.H., AND KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 68, 68 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON THE SOUTHERN END OF SUMNER LAKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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