Mine detail: Kuykendall Quarry

Previously called 'Kuykendall Ranch'

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Location

Lat / long: 28.45861, -98.667

Resource(N)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Manning Formation (Jackson Group)
Host type:Tuff
Associated type:Clay, Mud,Sandstone
Tectonic:Passive Continental Margin

References

MRDSTC35718
DEP10107085
Reference{Deposit:: USGS B901.}{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}{Reserve-Resource:: (1) LONG (1992), (2)BOWIE AND BARKER (1987).}
ReporterLong, Keith R.