Bear Canyon Lower Contact Deposit

The Bear Canyon Lower Contact Deposit is a barium-barite mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico.

About the MRDS Data:

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.

Mine Info

Name: Bear Canyon Lower Contact Deposit  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Dona Ana

Elevation:

Commodity: Barium-Barite

Lat, Long: 32.53194, -106.43806

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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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