Mine detail: Red Rock Talc Mine 1941

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

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Location

Lat / long: 32.94929, -106.59446

Resource(N)

Primary: Talc-Soapstone
Ore: Talc
Orebody form: LENSE
Discovery year: 1941

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1942
Last production ended: 1945

Geology

Host type:Schist
Associated type:Diabase
Structure:Foliation Of Talc Body Parallels Foliation And Layering Of Country Rock.

References

MRDSD007109
DEP10011916
Reference{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}
ReporterMenzie, David