New Mexico · Santa Fe County
Producer

Rosario Open-Pit Mine

Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States
Gypsum-Anhydrite
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Description

Catron Land Company (?)

Commodities
PrimaryGypsum-Anhydrite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGypsum
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Todilto
StructureNorth-Trending Rosario Fault, Several Minor Faults
Tectonic settingCerrillos Uplift
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1960
Last production1983
Identification
Deposit ID10014713
MRDS IDD011602
Alternate namesMine: Rosario Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.48062, -106.22475
References
DARTON, N.H., 1920, USGS BULL 697, P. 161-186STEARNS, C.E., 1953, GSA BULL, V. 64, P. 459-507WEBER, R.H., AND F.E. KOTTLOWSKI, 1959, NMBMMR BULL 68, P. 19-23WEBER, R.H., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 324-332ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 55-56NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAMCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1