Commodities
PrimaryZeolites
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeSedimentary
Model170: Sedimentary zeolites: Zeolites in tuffs of open hydrologic systems (BC
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlAlteration Of Vitric Tuff Bed
Materials
Ore mineralsClinoptilolite
GangueAnalcime, Biotite, Calcite, Chabazite, Chert, Erionite, Heulandite, Hornblende, Illite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTuff
Tectonic settingMangas Trench, A Ne-Sw Structural Low.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1962
Identification
Deposit ID10062697
MRDS IDTC36242
Alternate namesDouble Eagle Clinoptilolite Pit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.02469, -108.7246
References
EYDE, T.H., 1982, ZEOLITE DEPOSITS IN THE GILA AND SAN SIMON VALLEYS OF ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 65-71.SHEPPARD, R.A., AND GUDE, A.J., 3RD, 1987, MINERALOGY AND GENESIS OF THE BUCKHORN ZEOLITE DEPOSIT, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: IN ZEO-TRIP '87, AN EXCURSION TO SELECTED ZEOLITE AND CLAY DEPOSITS IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO AND EASTERN ARIZONA, OCTOBER 22-25, 1987, ED. F.A. MUMPTON: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON NATURAL ZEOLITES, P. 13-26.BOWIE, M.R., AND BARKER, J.M., 1987, COMPARISON OF SELECTED ZEOLITE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, AND TEXAS, IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST FORUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, ED. H.W. PEIRCE: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY, SPECIAL PAPER 4, P. 90-105.NM STATE MINE INSPECTOR LIST OF NEW REGISTRATIONS