Location: | Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 36.04144, -106.1753 |
dep_id: | 10097892 |
mrds_id: | D011126 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Diatomite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Diatomite |
orebody_fm: | LENS |
ore_ctrl: | Deposit Occurs As A Tertiary-Age Lake Bed. |
Reporter: | Murray, Diane |
hrock_unit: | Tesuque Formation Of The Santa Fe Group |
hrock_type: | Siltstone |
Structure: | East-West Trending Normal Faults Occur On The South Side Of The Deposit. |
Year first produced: | 1953 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1954 |
disc_yr: | 1953 |
References: |
- Deposit:: PATTERSON, S.H., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 322.
- Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 134-136, PLATE 7
- Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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