Cueva Blanca Mine

Past Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Clay, Kaolin
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10248486
MAS/MILS ID 0350550058
Record type Site
Current site name Cueva Blanca Mine
Alternate or previous names White Cave

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.65337, 36.30174 (WGS84)
Elevation 2378
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Taos SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Taos(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 024 N 012 E 22 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.65337, 36.30174

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION SMALL - USED LOCALLY

  • Deposit

    ON LAND GRANT

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING J H 1960 NMBM BULL 71 P105

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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