The Black Range Wilderness Alunite Deposit is a aluminum mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Black Range Wilderness Alunite Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Range Wilderness Alunite Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Cristobalite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.
Comment (Commodity): TEST MARKETED AS PAPER-FILLER AND ANIMAL LITTER.
Comment (Deposit): SAMPLE FROM MAIN CLAY PIT HAD 35% ALUNITE, CONTENT FOR DEPOSIT AVERAGES 8%.
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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