Mathis Lime Quarry

Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062577
MRDS ID TC36091
Record type Site
Current site name Mathis Lime Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.10644, 32.85261 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
17S 12W 19,20 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CALCINED LIME.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mathis And Mathis Mining And Exploration

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1988. PRODUCTION CAPACITY 130 TONS PER DAY.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KOTTLOWSKI, F.E, 1977, LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 345-353.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    HATTON, K.S., CHILDS, M.B., BARKER, J.M., KING, R.S., AND BOLTON, R.G., 1990, MINES AND MILLS IN NEW MEXICO: MINING AND MINERALS DIVISION, NEW MEXICO ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, 50 P.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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