Mine detail: Hondo Canyon Sillimanite-Kyanite Prospect

Previously called 'Lunds Prospect: Picuris Range Sillimanite Deposits'

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Location: Taos County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.2956, -105.73085
dep_id: 10069798
mrds_id: W007487
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Kyanite
Trace mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Andalusite, Kyanite, Sillimanite
gangue: Magnetite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Espenshade, Gilbert H., Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Ortega Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite
References:
  • Deposit:: JUST, E., 1937 NMBMMR BULL 13, P. 37-39
  • Deposit:: MONTGOMERY, A., 1953 NMBMMR BULL 30, 89 PAGES
  • Deposit:: SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 104-105
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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