The Bear Canyon Lower Contact Deposit is a barium-barite mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico.
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Bear Canyon Lower Contact Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bear Canyon Lower Contact Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Wulfenite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): BARITE RESERVE IDENTIFIED, GALENA PERHAPS A BY PRODUCT.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE.
Comment (Development): HOLES AND SHAFTS IN 1935.
Comment (Deposit): OCCURS IN LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS IN LOW ANGLE FAULT BRECCIA AND IN LIMESTONE BEDS ABOVE AND BELOW FAULT.
References
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS -- WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES, STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 11, 272 P
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DUNHAM (1935).
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