White Rock Deposit

The White Rock Deposit is a mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: White Rock Deposit  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Hidalgo

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 32.47639, -108.54444

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White Rock Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: White Rock Deposit


Commodity

Secondary: Rhenium
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Thorium
Secondary: Tantalum


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Gold Hill


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Allanite
Ore: Euxenite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): TWO ZONED PEGMATITES IN GRANITE

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS


References

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 127

Reference (Deposit): BOYD, F. S. JR. AND WOLFE, H. D., 1953, RECENT INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES IN SIERRA, DONA ANA, AND HIDALGO COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: IN NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 4TH FIELD CONF., SW NEW MEXICO, P 141-142


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