Mine detail: Meerschaum Canyon Deposit

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Location

Lat / long: 33.05039, -108.18951

Resource(N)

Primary: Clay
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year: 1875

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Gila Conglomerate
Host type:Andesite

References

MRDSTC36113
DEP10062593
Reference{Deposit:: RATTE, J.C., GASKILL, D.L., EATON, D.P., PETERSON, D.L., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND MEEVES, H.C., 1979, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GILA PRIMITIVE AREA AND GILA WILDERNESS, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1451, 229 P}{Production:: RATTE AND OTHERS (1979).}
ReporterPage, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.)