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Pecos River Valley Pecos Diamonds Deposits

Past Producer in Chaves county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gemstone, Quartz
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015013
MRDS ID DAV0124
Record type Site
Current site name Pecos River Valley Pecos Diamonds Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.25051, 33.37512 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaves(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Comanche Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pecos-Long Arroyo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Chaves
United States New Mexico De Baca
United States New Mexico Eddy

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
03S;04S;05S;06S;07S;08S;09S;10S;11S;12S;13S;14S;15S;16S;17S;18S;19S; 23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E;23E;24E;25E;26E;27E New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aragonite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Whitehorse Group
    Rock description Whitehorse Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.25051, 33.37512
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT QUARTZ CRYSTALS FORMED DURING MARINE EVAPORITE PRECIPITATION OF THE GYPSUM STRATA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1583

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OCCURRENCE OF SUCH FINE DOUBLY TERMINATED QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN GYPSUM APPEARS TO BE LIMITED TO THE PECOS RIVER VALLEY AND THE HIGH DEGREE OF PERFECTION MAKES THIS AREA INTERESTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBRIGHT, AND BAUER, 1955, ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 30, NO. 7-8, P. 346-350

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALBRIGHT AND BAUER (1955)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA OF OCCURRENCE STRETCHES FROM NORTH OF DUNLAP TO LAKE MCMILLAN ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE PECOS RIVER.
Deposit PECOS (OR INDIAN) DIAMONDS, ARE DOUBLY TERMINATED, PSEUDOCUBIC QUARTZ CRYSTALS OCCURRING IN GYPSUM. THEY ARE OF INTEREST TO HOBBYISTS AND COLLECTORS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1583 BY SPANIARD DON ANTONIO DE ESPEJO.

Reporter information

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

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