Mine detail: Cuchillo Negro

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Location

Lat / long:

33.21289, -107.60504

Resource(N)

Primary:	Zeolites
Ore:	Clinoptilolite
Gangue:	Biotite, Calcite, Cristobalite, Dolomite, Feldspar, Illite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Displaced By Nnw Trending Normal Faults.
Alteration processes:	Zeolitization Cutting Across Stratigraphic Boundaries.

References

MRDS	TC38900
DEP	10064515
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.