Mine detail: Buckhorn

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.02039, -108.6673

Resource(N)

Primary: Zeolites
Ore: Clinoptilolite
Gangue: Analcime, Biotite, Calcite, Chabazite, Chert, Erionite, Heulandite, Hornblende, Illite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1962

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Tuff
Tectonic:Mangas Trench, A Ne-Sw Structural Low.

References

MRDSTC36242
DEP10062697
Reference{Deposit:: EYDE, T.H., 1982, ZEOLITE DEPOSITS IN THE GILA AND SAN SIMON VALLEYS OF ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 65-71.}{Deposit:: SHEPPARD, R.A., AND GUDE, A.J., 3RD, 1987, MINERALOGY AND GENESIS OF THE BUCKHORN ZEOLITE DEPOSIT, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: IN ZEO-TRIP*7, AN EXCURSION TO SELECTED ZEOLITE AND CLAY DEPOSITS IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO AND EASTERN ARIZONA, OCTOBER 22-25, 1987, ED. F.A. MUMPTON: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON NATURAL ZEOLITES, P. 13-26.}{Deposit:: BOWIE, M.R., AND BARKER, J.M., 1987, COMPARISON OF SELECTED ZEOLITE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, AND TEXAS, IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST FORUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, ED. H.W. PEIRCE: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY, SPECIAL PAPER 4, P. 90-105.}
ReporterPage, Norman J.