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U.S. Gypsum Perlite Mine

Producer in Cibola 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087605
MRDS ID D008274
Record type Site
Current site name U.S. Gypsum Perlite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.76784, 35.20617 (WGS84)
Elevation 2301
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES N 50 E OF GRANTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grants(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio San Jose(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Cibola

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 011N 009W 03 SE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.76784, 35.20617
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1953

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: East Grants Uranium District: East Grants Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Gypsum Co.
    Home office 209east Santa Fe, Grants, N.M. 87020
    First year 1979

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINE.

Comments on development

  • REPORTED TO BE A 200 TONS PER DAY OPERATION IN 1979.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AND WILCOX, J.T., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 205-213

  • Deposit

    THADEN, R.E., SANTOS, E.S., AND RAUP, O.B., 1967 USGS MAP GQ-681

  • Deposit

    SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VOLCANIC DOME.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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