The Hondo Canyon Sillimanite-Kyanite Prospect is a kyanite mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,349 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,349 Feet (2,240 Meters)
Commodity: Kyanite
Lat, Long: 36.29556, -105.73028
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Hondo Canyon Sillimanite-Kyanite Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hondo Canyon Sillimanite-Kyanite Prospect
Secondary: Lunds Prospect: Picuris Range Sillimanite Deposits
Commodity
Primary: Kyanite
Tertiary: Aluminum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Taos
District: Picuris District: Hondo Canyon Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bowring, Abe
Home Office: Taos, Nm
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sillimanite
Ore: Kyanite
Ore: Andalusite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE PROSPECTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HONDO CANYON SHOWN ON THE TAOS SW TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Development): UNDEVELOPED
Comment (Geology): KYANITE AND SILLIMANITE OCCUR TOGETHER IN THIN QUARTZITE BEDS, MAY BE UP TO 50% OF BED. ANDALUSITE ALSO OCCURS IN QUARTZ - MICA SCHIST.
Comment (Deposit): REGIONAL GEOLOGY IS ADEQUATELY STUDIED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): JUST, E., 1937 NMBMMR BULL 13, P. 37-39
Reference (Deposit): MONTGOMERY, A., 1953 NMBMMR BULL 30, 89 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 104-105
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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