Mine detail: Las Huertas Barite Prospect

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Location: Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.30673, -106.39947
dep_id: 10014464
mrds_id: D011252
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite
gangue: Fluorite, Galena
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
conc_proc: Replacement
ore_ctrl: An Anticlinal Fold
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Sandia
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Sandia Uplift- East Side Faults, Anticlinal Fold Trending N 35 W
tectonic: Sandia Uplift
disc_yr: 1955
discr: Unknown
References:
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C. AND S.A. NORTHRUP, 1975, NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 77, 105, MAPS 1-4,
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., P.V. FILLO AND P.A. BLOOM, 1964, NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 21-23
  • Deposit:: CONFIDENTIAL USBM FILES
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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