Mine detail: Red Rock Talc Mine 1941

Previously called 'Also Known As the Maire Mine: ClaimRed Rock'

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.94929, -106.59446
dep_id: 10011916
mrds_id: D007109
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Talc-Soapstone
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Talc
orebody_fm: LENSE
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Deposition Controlled By Favorable Rock Type And Structural Environment.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Schist
arock_type: Diabase
Structure: Foliation Of Talc Body Parallels Foliation And Layering Of Country Rock.
Year first produced: 1942
yr_lst_prd: 1945
disc_yr: 1941
References:
  • Deposit:: PAGE, B.M., 1942, THE HEMBRILLO AND RED ROCK TALC MINES, SAN ANDRES RANGE, N.M.: USGS REPORT, 17 P.
  • Deposit:: WALTER, A.S., 1953, APPRAISAL REPORT ON THE RED ROCK CLAIM, U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 25 P.
  • Deposit:: CHIDESTER, A.H., ENGEL, A.F.J., AND WRIGHT, L.A., 1964, USGS BULL 1167, P. 37-38, TABLE 5
  • Deposit:: KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 298
  • Production:: FITZSIMMONS AND KELLY, 1980 P. 36
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