The Rattlesnake Canyon is a aluminum mine located in Luna county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Rattlesnake Canyon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rattlesnake Canyon
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Luna
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Dickite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON E FLANK OF COOKE RANGE IN LOW ROUNDED HILLS NEAR MOUTH OF CANYON.
Comment (Commodity): PROBABLY NOT COMMERCIAL AS ALUMINUM SOURCE.
Comment (Deposit): ROCK MORE KAOLINITIZED THAN ALUNITIZED.
References
Reference (Deposit): HALL, R.B., 1978, WORLD NONBAUXITE ALUMINUM RESOURCES - ALUNITE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1976-A, 35 P
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