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Red Rock Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062607
MRDS ID TC36133
Record type Site
Current site name Red Rock Mine
Related records 10272023

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.59724, 32.95068 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hembrillo Canyon(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 16S 03E 1 SE4 OF NW4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ON N SIDE OF HEMBRILLO CANYON IN SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS. ON WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.59724, 32.95068
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 42.67M
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sierra Talc Co.

Comments on the production information

  • CLOSED IN 1945 WHEN LAND BECAME WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, PROBABLY ALL MINED OUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1977, TALC, PYROPHYLLITE, AND RICOLITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 296-298

  • Production

    KOTTLOWSKI (1977).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPLORED 2 LENSES, MINED ONLY ONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. 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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