Mine detail: Cuchillo Negro

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.21289, -107.60504
dep_id: 10064515
mrds_id: TC38900
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Zeolites
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Clinoptilolite
gangue: Biotite, Calcite, Cristobalite, Dolomite, Feldspar, Illite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
model: 170: Sedimentary zeolites: Zeolites in tuffs of open hydrologic systems (BC
alteration: Zeolitization Cutting Across Stratigraphic Boundaries.
ore_ctrl: Groundwater Alteration (?)
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Displaced By Nnw Trending Normal Faults.
References:
  • 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
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: BOWIE AND BARKER (1987)
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