Goat Ridge Travertine Deposit

Occurrence in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Stone
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096011
MRDS ID TC36123
Record type Site
Current site name Goat Ridge Travertine Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.77671, 32.42096 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goat Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deming(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 22S 09W 4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LONG IS FOR CENTER OF SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.77671, 32.42096

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 157 P.

  • Deposit

    DARTON, N.H., 1916, GEOLOGY AND UNDERGROUND WATER OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 618, 188 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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