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Bear Creek-Juniper Hill Meerschaum Deposits

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097926
MRDS ID D011757
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Creek-Juniper Hill Meerschaum Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.36451, 32.91261 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reading Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
016S 015W 14 S2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sepiolite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name El Paso
    Rock description El Paso
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.36451, 32.91261
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Fillings Along Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central Mining Region Area

Comments on the production information

  • INCLUDES PRODUCTION FROM SAPILLO CREEK DEPOSITS OUTSIDE OF SILVER CITY QUADRANGLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED PRIOR TO WWI FROM SHALLOW WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUSH, F. V., 1915, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 99, P. 941-943.

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1916, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC ATLAS, SILVER CITY FOLIO 199, 19 P.

  • Deposit

    STERRETT, D. B., 1907, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 340, P. 466-473.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE FILLINGS AND BALLS IN ORDOVICIAN EL PASO DOLOMITE IN HANGING WALL OF N-TRENDING MAJOR FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-84 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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