Mine detail: Rosario Open-Pit Mine

Previously called 'Mine: Rosario Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.48062, -106.22475

Resource(N)

Primary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore: Gypsum
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1960
Last production ended: 1983

Geology

Host rock:Todilto
Host type:Limestone
Structure:North-Trending Rosario Fault, Several Minor Faults
Tectonic:Cerrillos Uplift

References

MRDSD011602
DEP10014713
Reference{Deposit:: DARTON, N.H., 1920, USGS BULL 697, P. 161-186}{Deposit:: STEARNS, C.E., 1953, GSA BULL, V. 64, P. 459-507}{Deposit:: WEBER, R.H., AND F.E. KOTTLOWSKI, 1959, NMBMMR BULL 68, P. 19-23}{Deposit:: WEBER, R.H., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 324-332}{Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 55-56}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1}
ReporterMurray, Diane