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Stendel Deposit

Occurrence in Socorro 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062538
MRDS ID TC36040
Record type Site
Current site name Stendel Deposit
Related records 10297331

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.2456, 34.02259 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6 MI S OF MAGDALENA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Elephant Butte Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Socorro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALTERATION PROBLEM FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Montmorillonite Gangue
Zeolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Zones Of Abundant Spherulites And Montmorillonitic And Zeolitic Alteration.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Miocene
    Chronological age 14.3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.2456, 34.02259
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 804.65M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WEBER, R.H., 1977, LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATES IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 332-344.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERBEDDED WITH RHYOLITE FLOWS, TUFFS, AND THIN VITROPHYRES.

Reporter information

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

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