Mine detail: Burney Mine

Previously called 'Canyon Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

29.90104, -104.51244

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Lead
Ore:	Acanthite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1935
Last production ended:	1942

Geology

Associated rock:	West Chinati Stock
Associated type:	Diorite,Hornblendite
Alteration processes:	Sericitization And Argillic Alteration (Kaolinite And Montmorillonite)

References

MRDS	W701362
DEP	10085729
Reference	{Deposit:: PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.