Fridlund Mine

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Uranium, Thorium, REE
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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014269
MRDS ID D010970
Record type Site
Current site name Fridlund Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Eagle No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.03752, 36.49282 (WGS84)
Elevation 2396
Relative position ABOUT 35 MILES S 26 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA, NM

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 026N 009E 18 NW OF NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE MAIN PIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary
Uranium Secondary
Thorium Secondary
REE Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Columbite Ore
Mica Ore
Monazite Ore
Albite Gangue
Beryl Gangue
Bismuthinite Gangue
Bismutite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Microcline 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 Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Ortega Quartzite
    Rock description Ortega Quartzite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER OPEN TROUGH
    Plunge MODERATE TO STEEP
    Plunge direction WSW
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1920
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Petaca District: Cribbenville Group

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minerals Engineering Co. (Meco)
    Home office Grand Junction, Co.

Comments on the production information

  • JAHNS ALSO REPORTS PRODUCTION DURING 1920 TO 1925 OF SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS BISMUTITE, AND PROBABLY AS MUCH AS 5,000 POUNDS OF COLUMBITE, SAMARSKITE AND MONAZITE.

Comments on the workings information

  • JAHNS (1946) REPORTS WORKINGS CONSISTING OF TWO OPEN PITS, TWO ADITS, AND SEVERAL SMALL CUTS. THE MAIN PIT IS 63 FT LONG, 15-30 FT WIDE, AND 30 FT DEEP. THE SMALLER PIT IS 28 FT LONG, 23 FT WIDE, AND 30 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO.13, P.63-70

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 180-183

  • Deposit

    REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P.33

  • Deposit

    LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P.278

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P.122

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 181

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900'S
Deposit THE DEPOSIT LOOKS LIKE A BOOMERANG IN PLAN VIEW. THE BROAD WEST LIMB TRENDS EAST-WEST AND DIPS STEEPLY SOUTH. THE NARROW SOUTH LIMB STRIKES N 15 E AND DIPS STEEPLY WEST.
Deposit SEE ALSO: CRIBBENVILLE GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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