Mine detail: Buck Martin Quarry

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Location: McMullen County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 28.45861, -98.667
dep_id: 10064519
mrds_id: TC38905
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Zeolites
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Clinoptilolite
gangue: Montmorillonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface
model: 170: Sedimentary zeolites: Zeolites in tuffs of open hydrologic systems (BC
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Manning Formation (Jackson Group)
hrock_type: Tuff
arock_type: Clay, Mud,Sandstone
tectonic: Passive Continental Margin
References:
  • Deposit:: BOWIE, M.R., AND BARKER, J.M., 1987, COMPARISON OF SELECTED ZEOLITE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, AND TEXAS, IN PIERCE, H.W. ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST FORUM ON ORE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL PAPER 4, P. 90-105
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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