Mine detail: Raton Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.84004, -104.54554

Resource(N)

Primary:	Graphite
Discovery year:	1889

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Coal
Structure:	Coal Bed Graphit. By Diabase Sills
Tectonic:	Intracratonic Sedimentary Basin

References

MRDS	ISM0071
DEP	10096961
Reference	{Deposit:: CAMERON, E.N. AND WEIS, P.L., 1960: STRATEGIC GRAPHITE - A SURVEY, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL.1082-E, P. 201-321}{Deposit:: LEE, W.T., 1913: GRAPHITE NEAR RATON, NEW MEXICO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 530, P.371-374}{Deposit:: LEE, W.T., 1924: COAL RESOURCES OF THE RATON COAL FIELD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL.752, P.47-48, P.71-78}{Deposit:: TAYLOR,JR., H.A., 1984: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, PERS. COMMUN.}
Reporter	Calkins, James A.