Mine detail: Grefco Socorro Perlite Mine 197*

Previously called 'Great Lakes Carbon Corp. Socorro Perlite Mine 1949 To 1961'

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.02537, -106.94142
dep_id: 10012587
mrds_id: D008275
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Perlite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Year first produced: 1949
References:
  • Deposit:: JASTER, MKINGS REPORTED IN 1960 CONSISTED OF AN ADIT AND A CAVED SHAFT.
  • Deposit:: MCKINLAY, P.F., 1956 NMBMMR BULL 42, 32 PAGES, 1 PLATE
  • Deposit:: SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 52-54
  • Deposit:: CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, MAP 2
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