Mine detail: Foster Canyon

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Location

Lat / long:

32.47846, -106.87919

Resource(N)

Primary:	Zeolites
Ore:	Clinoptilolite
Gangue:	Albite, Analcime, Biotite, Calcite, Kaolinite, Quartz, Sanidine

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Upper Tuffaceous Member Of Bell Top Formation
Host type:	Tuff
Structure:	Cedar Hills And Selden Hills Vent Area, Nne Late Tertiary Cedar Hills Normal Fault.
Tectonic:	Rio Grande Rift System
Alteration processes:	Zeolitization, Silicification.

References

MRDS	TC38901
DEP	10064516
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.