Mine detail: Kilbourne Hole

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.0682, -106.92779

Resource(N)

Primary:	Gemstone
Gangue:	Biotite, Chromite, Diopside

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Basalt
Structure:	Elliptical Volcanic Crater Of Maar About 3.2 Km Long, 2.2 Km Wide

References

MRDS	TC36007
DEP	10062516
Reference	{Deposit:: CARTER, M.D., 1977, GEM MATERIALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 267-276.}{Deposit:: FUHRBACH, J.R., 1992, KILBOURNE HOLE PERIDOT: GEMS AND GEMOLOGY, SPRING 1992, P. 16-26.}{Production:: FUHRBACH (1992).}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.