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Laguna Del Perro

Past Producer in Torrance county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Halite, Sodium, Magnesite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10099431
MRDS ID TC36031
Record type Site
Current site name Laguna Del Perro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.92667, 34.62841 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Torrance(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laguna Del Perro North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vaughn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Western Estancia(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Torrance

Comments on the location information

  • MIDDLE OF LAKE IN N-S DIRECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary
Sodium Secondary
Magnesite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.92667, 34.62841
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 19311.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discoverer Early Spanish Explorers

Comments on the production information

  • SALT PRODUCED WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE SILVER MINES IN CHIHUAHUA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALTO, B.C., FULTON, R.S., AND HAIGLER, L.B., 1977, SALINES, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 299-306

  • Production

    ALTO AND OTHERS (1977).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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