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No Agua Mine Manville Sales Corp.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107115
MRDS ID TC36417
Record type Site
Current site name No Agua Mine Manville Sales Corp.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.94141, 36.78142 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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 29N 09E 1,14,23 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • NO AGUA PEAKS, MINE IS ON THE NORTH HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Analytical data

Result H2O CONTENT RANGES FROM 2.8 TO 3.7%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 4.2

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.94141, 36.78142
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Taos Plateau Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Rhyolite Domes

Ore body information

  • Thickness 55M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT LEAST TWO RHYOLITIC GLASS EXTRUSIONS DURING SEPARATE EPISODES BASED ON TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Manville Sales Corp.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HATTON, K.S., CHILDS, M.B., BARKER, J.M., KING, R.S., AND BOLTON, R.G., 1990, MINES AND MILLS IN NEW MEXICO: MINING AND MINERALS DIVISION, NEW MEXICO ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, 50 P.

  • Deposit

    WHITSON, DAVID, 1982, GEOLOGY OF THE PERLITE DEPOSIT AT NO AGUA PEAKS, NEW MEXICO, IN AUSTIN, G.S., COMPILER, INDUSTRIAL ROCKS AND MINERALS OF THE SOUTHWEST: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 89-95.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS RANGES FROM 15-55 M.

Reporter information

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

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