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Buckhorn

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Zeolites
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062697
MRDS ID TC36242
MAS/MILS ID 0350170181
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn
Alternate or previous names Double Eagle Clinoptilolite Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -108.7246, 33.02469 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI SSW OF BUCKHORN; 50 KM NW OF SILVER CITY. Location modified based on description of 1 mile SSW Buckhorn. There is a pit at this location and no sign of anything at or near original location.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
15S 18W 3,4,10 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG WEST SIDE OF DUCK CREEK VALLEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ADVANCED WASTE-WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, ORGANIC FERTILIZER PRODUCTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clinoptilolite Ore
Analcime Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chabazite Gangue
Chert Gangue
Erionite Gangue
Heulandite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Illite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CLINOPTILOLITE-RICH TUFF (NEARLY MONOMINERALIC): 63.0% SIO2, 12.0% AL2O3, 1.70% FE2O3, 1.75% MGO, 3.07% CAO, 1.57% NA2O, 1.53% K2O, 0.24% TIO2, 0.05% P2O5, 0.02% MNO, 14.1% LOI.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 170
USGS model code 25oa
Deposit model name Sedimentary zeolites: Zeolites in tuffs of open hydrologic systems (BC

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -108.7246, 33.02469
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M
    Length 1609.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alteration Of Vitric Tuff Bed

Comments on the geologic information

  • OCCUR IN FLAT LYING SEQUENCE OF LACUSTRINE GREEN AND BROWN MUDSTONES AND CLAYSTONES. THE ZEOLITIZED AIRFALL TUFFS ARE INTERBEDDED WITH THE CACTUS FLAT BEDS OF THE UPPER PART OF THE GILA CONGLOMERATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1962
Discoverer T.H. Eyde

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Richard B Lauder
    Home office Wyoming
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Double Eagle Petroleum And Mining Co. ; Leonardo Resources, Inc.
    Year 1976
    First year 1977
    Last year 1977

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL TONNAGE PRODUCED 1974-1977, NO MINING SINCE 1977.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EYDE, T.H., 1982, ZEOLITE DEPOSITS IN THE GILA AND SAN SIMON VALLEYS OF ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 65-71.

  • General

    NM STATE MINE INSPECTOR LIST OF NEW REGISTRATIONS

  • Deposit

    SHEPPARD, R.A., AND GUDE, A.J., 3RD, 1987, MINERALOGY AND GENESIS OF THE BUCKHORN ZEOLITE DEPOSIT, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: IN ZEO-TRIP '87, AN EXCURSION TO SELECTED ZEOLITE AND CLAY DEPOSITS IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO AND EASTERN ARIZONA, OCTOBER 22-25, 1987, ED. F.A. MUMPTON: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON NATURAL ZEOLITES, P. 13-26.

  • Deposit

    BOWIE, M.R., AND BARKER, J.M., 1987, COMPARISON OF SELECTED ZEOLITE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, AND TEXAS, IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST FORUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, ED. H.W. PEIRCE: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY, SPECIAL PAPER 4, P. 90-105.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 TUFF BEDS SEPARATED BY 20 FT OF MUDSTONE, LOWER BED IS VITRIC TUFF 3-5 FT THICK WITH 70-90% CLINOPTILOLITE; BED IS 0.5 FT THICK WITH 48% CLINOPTILOLITE, 48% CHABAZITE; UPPER BED IS 1 FT THICK WITH 60% CLINOPTILOLITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-92 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-NOV-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 06-JAN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added info from MAS record 0350170181 (Dep_ID 10174367) and deleted that record.

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