Blasted Pine Claim

Occurrence in Colfax county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Thorium, REE, Barium-Barite, Strontium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009168
MRDS ID D001875
Record type Site
Current site name Blasted Pine Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.23386, 36.60283 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 24 MILE S 29 E OF RATON., Within A Radius Of 3500 Feet., Within A Radius Of 3500 Feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colfax(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Canadian Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Colfax

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 027N 025E 01 CENTER New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Barite Ore
Svanbergite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Alkalic Volcanic Rock > Phonolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota Sandstone
    Rock description Dakota Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.23386, 36.60283

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEINS AND SEAMS
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Laughlin Peak And Chico Hills Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. B. Humphries
    Home office Raton, Nm.
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE PIT ABOUT 18 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKER, R. L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE U. S., U. S. G. S. MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR - 36

  • Deposit

    PARKER, R.L., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 290-294

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., 1958 USGS TRACE ELEMENTS INVESTIGATIONS REPORT 230, 4 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., AND ADAMS, J.W., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 230-237

  • Deposit

    WOOD, G.H., JR., NORTHROP, S.A., AND GRIGGS, R.L., 1953 USGS OIL AND GAS INV. MAP OM-141

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE IS 2 TO 3 FT. THICK.
Deposit SHEAR ZONE CONTAINS UP TO 0.6 PER CENT NB, LIES BELOW THICK PHONOLITE SILL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-75 Parker, Raymond L. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAY-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.