Mine detail: Bear Canyon Lower Contact Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.53207, -106.43862

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Secondary:	Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Anglesite, Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	El Paso Limestone Formation
Host type:	Limestone

References

MRDS	TC36297
DEP	10062747
Reference	{Deposit:: DUNHAM, K.C., 1935, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS -- WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES, STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 11, 272 P}{Reserve-Resource:: DUNHAM (1935).}
Reporter	Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.)