The Laguna Salina is a halite mine located in Torrance county, New Mexico.
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Laguna Salina MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Laguna Salina
Secondary: Salina Lake
Commodity
Primary: Halite
Secondary: Magnesite
Secondary: Sodium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Torrance
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Halite
Comments
Comment (Location): CENTRAL POINT OF THE LAKE
References
Reference (Production): ALTO AND OTHERS (1977).
Reference (Deposit): ALTO, B.R., FULTON, R.S., AND HAIGLER, L.B., 1977, SALINES, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 299-306
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