Johns-Manville Mine 1959

Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Perlite
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087610
MRDS ID D008289
Record type Site
Current site name Johns-Manville Mine 1959
Alternate or previous names No Agua Perlite Mine, Schundler Perlite Deposit 1951

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.95002, 36.75892 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Relative position ABOUT 32 MILES N 40 W OF TAOS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Segita Peaks(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 029N 009E 11 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE STRIP MINE SHOWN ON THE LA SEGITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.95002, 36.75892

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Structure And Overall Form Of No Agua Peaks Similar To A Volcanic Dome.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Discoverer M.B. Mickelson
Year of first production 1951

Mining district

District name No Agua District: No Agua Peaks Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Johns-Mansville Corp.
    Home office P.O. Box 338, Antonito, Co. 81120
    First year 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED MORE THAN 100 MILLION TONS OF COMMERCIAL GRADE PERLITE IN THE NO AGUA DEPOSIT.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINE.

Comments on development

  • REPORTED TO BE AN 1850 TONS PER DAY OPERATION IN 1979.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 106-109

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    WEBER, R.H., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 332-338 &5) JASTER, M.C., 1956 USGS BULL 1027-I, P. 388

  • Reserve-Resource

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 109

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE JOHNS-MANVILLE PROPERTY COVERED ABOUT 2000 ACRES IN 1960.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references