Owen-Roybal Group

Past Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009681
MRDS ID D002774
Record type Site
Current site name Owen-Roybal Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.77779, 36.18422 (WGS84)
Elevation 2179
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 19 MILES S 37 W OF TAOS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trampas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Taos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Taos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023N 011E 33 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS OF THE CLAIM GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Columbite Ore
Tantalite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Vadito Formation
    Rock description Vadito Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.77779, 36.18422

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 34 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Picuris District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cox Exploration Co.
    Home office Fredonia, Ks.
    First year 1962
  • Type Owner
    Owner Owen, A. A., Arellano Agustin and Ernestino
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATELY 1000 POUNDS OF BERYL FROM AN ESTIMATED 220 TONS OF PEGMATITE WAS PRODUCED IN 1956-1957.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A SMALL OPEN PIT WITH A VERY SHORT ADIT DRIVEN FROM THE NORTHWEST FACE OF THE OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTGOMERY, A., 1953 NMBMMR BULL 30, 89 PAGES

  • Deposit

    REDMON, D.E., 1961 USBM IC-8013, P. 65-66

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    REDMON, D.E., 1960 P. 66

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-77 Hasler, J. William New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-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.

External references