Foster Canyon

Occurrence in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Zeolites
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064516
MRDS ID TC38901
Record type Site
Current site name Foster Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.87919, 32.47846 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 16 MILES NW OF LAS CRUCES, NEAR RADIUM SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leasburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
021S}021S 002W}001W } E2 OF W2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT PIT IS AT SE/4SW/4, NW/4 SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 21S, RANGE 02W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LATHS ARE 20-30 MICRONS LONG, UP TO 10 MICRONS WIDE, AND 5 MICRONS THICK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clinoptilolite Ore
Albite Gangue
Analcime Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sanidine Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Zeolitization, Silicification.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Upper Tuffaceous Member Of Bell Top Formation
    Rock description Upper Tuffaceous Member Of Bell Top Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.87919, 32.47846

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cedar Hills And Selden Hills Vent Area, Nne Late Tertiary Cedar Hills Normal Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Leonard Minerals Co. (1980'S).

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 113000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zeolites Zeo 50 wt-pct Zeolites Major 1987

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BASED ON ZEOTECH'S EXPLORATION: ARE MIXED ZEOLITE AREAS WITH SILICIFIED AREAS.

Comments on development

  • ZEOTECH CORPORATION AUGERED OVER 300 HOLES IN THE DEPOSIT, AND FOUND UP TO 60% CLINOPTIOLITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BOWIE AND BARKER (1987)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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