Mine detail: New Mexico Earth

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Location: Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.34284, -106.22086
dep_id: 10107091
mrds_id: TC36073
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Calcite, Kaolinite
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Alluvium
References:
  • Deposit:: SMITH, E.W., 1982, LARGE SCALE ADOBE BRICK MANUFACTURING IN NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 49-56
  • Production:: SMITH (1982).
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