| Deposit ID | 10069798 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W007487 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hondo Canyon Sillimanite-Kyanite Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Lunds Prospect: Picuris Range Sillimanite Deposits |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.73085, 36.2956 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2240 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 10 MILES S 49 W OF TAOS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Taos(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Taos SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Taos(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)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Taos |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 024N | 011E | 23,24 | SE OF SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Kyanite | Primary |
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Andalusite | Ore |
| Kyanite | Ore |
| Sillimanite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Ortega Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Ortega Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -105.73085, 36.2956 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | EAST |
| Dip | 40 SOUTH |
| Thickness | 7.62M |
| Length | 1609.3M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Picuris District: Hondo Canyon Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bowring, Abe |
| Home office | Taos, Nm |
| First year | 1950 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W007487 |
JUST, E., 1937 NMBMMR BULL 13, P. 37-39
MONTGOMERY, A., 1953 NMBMMR BULL 30, 89 PAGES
SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 104-105
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REGIONAL GEOLOGY IS ADEQUATELY STUDIED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-59 | Espenshade, Gilbert H. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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