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Mimbres Fault Perlite Deposit No. 1

Occurrence in Grant 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  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 10062594
MRDS ID TC36115
Record type Site
Current site name Mimbres Fault Perlite Deposit No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.86394, 32.77068 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maverick Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 18S;19S 10W;10W 34,03 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LONG IS FOR CENTER OF SECTION 3.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BLACK COLORED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.86394, 32.77068
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15.24M
    Length 1206.98M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POSSIBLY LARGE TONNAGE AVAILABLE.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAPPED BY RHYOLITE THAT GRADES DOWN INTO PERLITE; OUTCROP WITH 100 FT.

Reporter information

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

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

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