The Alum Mountain-Alum Canyon is a aluminum mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
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Alum Mountain-Alum Canyon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alum Mountain-Alum Canyon
Secondary: Alum Rock
Secondary: Gila River Alum Deposits, Copperas Creek
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
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: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): HALL, R.B., 1978, WORLD NONBAUXITE ALUMINUM RESOURCES - ALUNITE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1976-A, 35 P.
Reference (Deposit): HAYES, C.W., 1907, THE GILA RIVER ALUM DEPOSITS [NEW MEXICO]: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 315, P. 215-224.
Reference (Deposit): NORTHROP, H.R., AND WHITNEY, GENE, 1987, CLAYS AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS IN THE ALUM MOUNTAIN FOSSIL GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM NEAR GILA HOT SPRINGS, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, IN ZEO-TRIP '87, ED. F.A. MUMPTON: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON NATURAL ZEOLITES, P. 1-12.
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