Silbrico Mine

Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Perlite
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272696
MAS/MILS ID 0350550195
Record type Site
Current site name Silbrico Mine
Alternate or previous names United Perlite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.63137, 36.71034 (WGS84)
Elevation 2317
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guadalupe Mountain(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 029 N 011 E 34 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.63137, 36.71034

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silbrico Corp
    ID 2900249
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAPACITY 400 TPD

  • Deposit

    SIEMERS & AUSTIN 1979 NMBM MAP RM-9

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING J H 1960 NMBM BULL 71 P110

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/02/1988
MSHA mine ID2900249
Mine name (MSHA)Uniperl Or Uniperl Division
Current operatorSilbrico Corp
Current controller (parent)Chris Mendius; Steven B Garnett; Todd E Kokes
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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