Mine detail: Hondo Canyon Sillimanite-Kyanite Prospect

Previously called 'Lunds Prospect: Picuris Range Sillimanite Deposits'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.2956, -105.73085

Resource(B)

Primary:	Kyanite
Tertiary:	Aluminum
Ore:	Andalusite, Kyanite, Sillimanite
Gangue:	Magnetite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Ortega Formation
Host type:	Quartzite

References

MRDS	W007487
DEP	10069798
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Espenshade, Gilbert H., Menzie, David