Lake Lucero

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Sodium, Boron-Borates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062531
MRDS ID TC36029
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Lucero
Alternate or previous names Includes Nearby Smaller Lakes and Alkali Flats

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.41723, 32.6754 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Lucero(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

White Sands National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Comments on the location information

  • IN WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary
Boron-Borates Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Borax Ore
Halite Ore
Mirabilite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.41723, 32.6754

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED ON EXPERIMENTAL BASIS FOR SODIUM SULFATE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 90 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALTO, B.R., FULTON, R.S., AND HAIGLER, L.B., 1977, SALINES, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 299-306

  • Production

    ALTO AND OTHERS (1977).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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