Persimmon Peak-Las Tablas Group

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Mica, Beryllium, Feldspar, 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014276
MRDS ID D010981
Record type Site
Current site name Persimmon Peak-Las Tablas Group
Alternate or previous names Mines: Alma Kansas City, Canary Bird, Eureka Loma, Meadow, Silver Spur Old Eureka, Hoyt-Seward, Las Tablas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.05586, 36.53587 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 29 MILES S 67 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA, NM, For Corner Marker Of Sections 24, 25, And 26.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 027N 008E 24,25,26 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE COMMON CORNER MARKER OF SECS. 24, 25 AND 26. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Feldspar Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Mica Ore
Microcline Ore
Monazite Ore
Albite Gangue
Cleavelandite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER DIKES, SILLS AND PLUGS

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSITS OCCUR 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 1885
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Petaca District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • JAHNS GIVES A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTION FROM EACH MINE. MOST TONNAGES ARE VAGUELY ESTIMATED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES, LARGE OPEN CUTS, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND SMALL RAISES.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE OWNED AND OPERATED THESE MINES. JAHNS (1946) AND REDMON (1961) LIST OWNERS/OPERATORS FOR INDIVIDUAL MINES AND PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 67

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 118-128

  • Deposit

    REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 14, 16, 18

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P. 121

  • 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. 118-128

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit SEE ALSO: ALMA DEPOSIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS GROUP OF PEGMATITES LIES IN A NARROW NE-TRENDING ZONE TWO MILES LONG CENTERED ONE MILE WEST-SOUTHWEST OF LAS TABLAS, NM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-83 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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