Mine detail: Dilworth Quarry

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Location

Lat / long: 28.41139, -98.65033

Resource(N)

Primary: Zeolites
Ore: Clinoptilolite
Gangue: Montmorillonite, Quartz
Orebody form: BLANKET

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Manning Formation (Jacjson Group)
Host type:Tuff
Tectonic:Passive Continental Margin

References

MRDSTC38907
DEP10096076
Reference{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}
ReporterLong, Keith R.