| Deposit ID | 10014110 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010749 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lonesome Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.05252, 36.5256 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2484 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 30.5 MILES S 67 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Rio Arriba(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Las Tablas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Chama(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Rio Arriba |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 027N | 008E | 36 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Primary |
| Beryllium Critical | Secondary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Secondary |
| Tantalum Critical | Secondary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Bismutite | Ore |
| Columbite | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Tantalite | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Microcline | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Petaca Schist |
| Rock description | Petaca Schist |
| (1) | -106.05252, 36.5256 |
|---|
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Strike | A FEW DEGREES NORTH OF DUE EAST |
| Dip | NORTH 60 TO 85 |
| Plunge direction | 40 TO 55 WEST |
| Thickness | 5.49M |
| Length | 50.29M |
| Width | 23.77M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1932 |
| Year of last production | 1943 |
| District name | Petaca District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Joseph Veseley And Charles Besre, El Nido Mica Co. |
| Home office | Santafe, N.M. |
| First year | 1943 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | H. S. Coulter |
| Home office | La Madera, N.M. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 23.77M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010749 |
JAHNS, R.H., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 137-143, PLATE 9
BARKER, F., 1958 NMBMMR BULL 45, P. 34, PLATE 1
BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 121
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 138 AND NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF THREE, ZONED PEGMATITES TRENDING EAST-WEST AND PLUNGING 40 TO 55 DEGREES WEST. THE LARGEST PEGMATITE IS THE MOST EXTENSIVELY WORKED AND IS ABOUT 165 FT. LONG, UP TO 18 FT. THICK, AND HAS BEEN EXPOSED IN WORKINGS TO A DEPTH OF 78 FT... SOUTH OF THE MAIN PEGMATITE ARE TWO, SMALLER PEGMATITES ABOUT 85 FT. LONG AND FROM 7 TO 17 FT. THICK. THE MAIN PEGMATITE CAN BE DIVIDED INTO SIX ZONES AND MOST OF THE PRODUCTION CAME FROM THE INTERMEDIATE ZONES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1983 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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