| Deposit ID | 10014267 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010967 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | White Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Lyons, La Blanca, Frances No. 2 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.04419, 36.46032 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2326 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 35 MILES S 30 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Rio Arriba(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
La Madera(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Abiquiu(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 | 026N | 008E | 25 | SW OF NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Primary |
| Feldspar | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Columbite | Ore |
| Mica | Ore |
| Microcline | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Cleavelandite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Rock unit name | Ortega Quartzite |
| Rock description | Ortega Quartzite |
| (1) | Los Pinos Formation of Lower Santa Fe Group |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fault, Strikes N 60 W And Dips Very Steeply North Northeast, Offsets Pegmatite A Few Feet |
| General form | OTHER DIKE |
|---|---|
| Strike | SLIGHTLY N OF E |
| Dip | 70 TO 85 N |
| Plunge | 35 TO 50 |
| Plunge direction | WEST |
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Year of first production | 1922 |
| Year of last production | 1955 |
| District name | Petaca District: Alamos Group |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Columbium Mining And Milling Co., Inc. |
| Home office | La Madera, N.M. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010967 |
JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 66
JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 219-223
REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 39
LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO 87, P. 278-290
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 122-126
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: ALAMOS GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | THE PEGMATITE IS DISTINCTLY ZONED. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1920'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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