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Zuni Salt Lake

Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Halite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062533
MRDS ID TC36032
Record type Site
Current site name Zuni Salt Lake
Related records 10126377

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.73703, 34.40896 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Armijo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quemado(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Johns(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carrizo Wash(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
03N 18W 30,31 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN CRUDE FORM IS 99% NACL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1206.98M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LAKE SURROUNDED BY BASALT (QUATERNARY AGE) AND MANCOS SHALE (CRETACEOUS).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1540

Comments on the production information

  • ZUNI INDIANS USED AS SOURCE OF SALT, SOLD LOCALLY FOR LIVESTOCK. REPORTED HALITE PRODUCTION BY A SOLAR OPERATION (DEFUNCT IN 1981).

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.

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN, G.S., KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., AND SIEMERS, W.T., 1982, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO IN 1981: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 9-16.

  • Production

    AUSTIN AND OTHERS (1982); ALTO AND OTHERS (1977).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SALT OCCURS IN LAKE NEAR AND AT SURFACE.

Reporter information

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

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