New Mexico · Dona Ana County
Occurrence

Foster Canyon

Dona Ana County, New Mexico, United States
Zeolites
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Commodities
PrimaryZeolites
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsClinoptilolite
GangueAlbite, Analcime, Biotite, Calcite, Kaolinite, Quartz, Sanidine
Geology
Host rockTuff · Upper Tuffaceous Member Of Bell Top Formation
StructureCedar Hills And Selden Hills Vent Area, Nne Late Tertiary Cedar Hills Normal Fault.
Tectonic settingRio Grande Rift System
AlterationZeolitization, Silicification.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10064516
MRDS IDTC38901
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates32.47846, -106.87919
References
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. 90-105CIMRIBOWIE AND BARKER (1987)