Mine detail: Marble Canyon Quarry

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.43211, -104.8944

Resource(B)

Primary:	Marble, Dimension
Tertiary:	Magnesite
Gangue:	Calcite, Diopside, Dolomite, Forsterite, Monticellite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metamorphic
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1906

Geology

Host rock:	Hueco Limestone;Bone Spring Limestone
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Contact Metamorphism

References

MRDS	W701390
DEP	10085754
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.