Stinking Lake Deposit

Occurrence in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Titanium, Metal
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094666
MRDS ID D010920
Record type Site
Current site name Stinking Lake Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.81782, 36.66614 (WGS84)
Elevation 2515
Relative position ABOUT 15 MILES S 81 W OF TIERRA AMARILLA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Apache Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028N 001E 03 W2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE DEPOSIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Rutile Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Mesaverde Formation;Point Lookout Sandstone
    Rock description Mesaverde Formation;Point Lookout Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.81782, 36.66614

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 914.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Total resources 2267000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium, Metal TiO2 5.73 wt-pct Titanium Trace 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1957 NMGS GUIDEBOOK EIGHTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 212-217

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 240-241

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 106-110

  • Reserve-Resource

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968, P. 110.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF THIN LAYERS OF HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATIONS INTERLAYERED WITH QUARTZ SANDSTONE. STRIKE LENGTH IS ABOUT 3000 FT. AND PERPENDICULAR TO STRIKE THE DEPOSIT IS 4000 FT. LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1983 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.