Mine detail: Las Huertas Barite Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

35.30673, -106.39947

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Galena
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Sandia
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Sandia Uplift- East Side Faults, Anticlinal Fold Trending N 35 W
Tectonic:	Sandia Uplift

References

MRDS	D011252
DEP	10014464
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Murray, Diane