Raton Deposit, Colfax County, New Mexico, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Raton Deposit | Prospect |
| Colfax County | County |
| New Mexico | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 50' 24'' North , 104° 32' 43'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Köppen climate type:
Structure: Coal Bed Graphite. By Diabase Sills
Tectonics: Intracratonic Sedimentary Basin
Commodity: Graphite
Deposit: This record was compiled for the international strategic minerals inventory. The data were used in preparation of the USGS circular 930 series of reports. Mineral resource categories and codes herein are from the international classification system recommended by the united nations group of experts on definitions and terminology for mineral resources. (see national resources forum, v. 4, no. 3, p. 307-313.).
Development: Non-geologic constraints on development or expansion in 1-5 yrs. (). Development(no); exploration(no); assessment(no mining seems likely in the near future in view of the large supplies of amorphous graphite available from mexico and the republic of korea);
Geology: ; grf; diabase sills have completely graphitized the principal coal bed of the raton field in several places
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References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Cameron, E.N. and Weis, P.L., (1960): Strategic Graphite - a Survey, U.S. Geological Survey Bull.1082-e, P. 201-321
Lee, W.T., (1913): Graphite near Raton, New Mexico, U.S. Geological Survey Bull. 530, P.371-374
Lee, W.T., (1924): Coal Resources of the Raton Coal Field, U.S. Geological Survey Bull.752, P.47-48, P.71-78
Taylor,jr., H.A., (1984): U.S. Bureau of Mines, Pers. Commun.
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Great Plains DomainDomain
- Raton BasinBasin
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