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No Agua Mine Grefco

Producer in Taos 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. Geologic structures
  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 10062834
MRDS ID TC36416
Record type Site
Current site name No Agua Mine Grefco
Alternate or previous names El Grande

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.95364, 36.74086 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tres Piedras(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Taos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 29N 09E 15,22 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • NO AGUA PEAKS, MINE ON WESTERN FLANK OF HILLS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Silicic to intermediate volcanic rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Taos Plateau Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Rhyolite Domes

Ore body information

  • Thickness 100M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grefco, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION CAPACITY 1000 TONS/DAY.

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 45 TONS/HOUR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    WEBER, R.H., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1982, PERLITE IN NEW MEXICO, IN AUSTIN, G.S., COMPILER, INDUSTRIAL ROCKS AND MINERALS OF THE SOUTHWEST: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 97-101.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    WEBER AND AUSTIN (1982).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS RANGES FROM 25-100 M.

Reporter information

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

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