Tojo Mine

Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Mica
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012597
MRDS ID D008294
Record type Site
Current site name Tojo Mine
Alternate or previous names U.S. Hill Pegmatite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.61445, 36.20477 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position ABOUT 14 MILES S 10 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

Tres Ritos(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

Carson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Taos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023N 012E 24,25 S2 OF NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sericite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Ortega Formation
    Rock description Ortega Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.61445, 36.20477

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Picuris District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Minerals Industrial Commodities Of America, Inc.
    Home office P.O. Box 2403, Santa Fe, N.M. 87501
    First year 1979

Comments on development

  • REPORTED TO BE A 13000 TONS PER YEAR OPERATION IN 1979.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTGOMERY, A., 1953 NMBMMR BULL 30, 89 PAGES, 2 PLATES

  • Deposit

    REDMON, D.E., 1961 USBM IC-8013, P. 67

  • Deposit

    MILLER, J.P., MONTGOMERY, A., AND SUTHERLAND, P.K., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 11, 109 PAGES, 1 PLATE

  • Deposit

    SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 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