Mine detail: El Paso Perlite Co., Inc.

Previously called 'Mcdonald Ranch'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.38651, -108.30061

Resource(N)

Primary:	Perlite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:

Rhyolite

References

MRDS	TC36035
DEP	10062534
Reference	{Deposit:: AUSTIN, G.S., KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., AND SEIMERS, W.T., 1982, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO IN 1981: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 9-16.}{Deposit:: WEBER, R.H., 1977, LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATES IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 332-344.}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.