Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10087608 |
| MRDS ID |
D008283 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
El Grande Mine |
| Alternate or previous names |
Grefco Perlite Mine 1966, Great Lakes Carbon Mine 1958
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Geographic coordinates
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Geographic coordinates:
|
-105.97058, 36.74114 (WGS84)
|
| Elevation |
2576 |
| Relative position |
ABOUT 32 MILES N 44 W OF TAOS. |
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Geographic areas
| Country |
State |
County |
| United States |
New Mexico |
Taos |
Public Land Survey System information
| Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
| New Mexico |
029N |
009E |
15,22 |
SE (15); NE (22) |
New Mexico |
Comments on the location information
- ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE STRIP MINE ON THE SOUTHWEST FLANK OF NO AGUA PEAKS AS SHOWN ON THE TRES PIEDRAS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Perlite |
Primary |
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Associated |
| Rock type |
Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
> Felsic Volcanic Rock
> Rhyolite |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Pliocene |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Pliocene |
|
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
> Felsic Volcanic Rock
> Rhyolite |
