| Deposit ID | 10014279 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010984 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Apache Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Porter, Blue, Apache No. 1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.05169, 36.50448 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2432 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 34 MILES S 26 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
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 | 026N | 008E | 12 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Primary |
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bismutite | Ore |
| Mica | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Columbite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Microcline | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Beryl | Unknown |
| 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) | -106.05169, 36.50448 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | There Is A Fault On The Southwest Slope Of The Ridge Which Strikes North-Northwest. |
| General form | OTHER DIKES |
|---|---|
| Strike | EAST TO NORTHEAST |
| Dip | 30 TO 45 NW TO NNW |
| Plunge | MODERATE |
| Plunge direction | WNW |
| Length | 137.16M |
| Width | 8.23M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1845 |
| Year of first production | 1845 |
| Year of last production | 1962 |
| District name | Petaca District: La Jarita-Apache Group |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jean Hamilton Stivers |
| Home office | 326 Grant Ave., Santa Fe, N.M. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010984 |
JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL 13, P. 64
JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 165-170
REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 29
LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 278
BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 121-122
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF -183
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
HOLMQUIST, RAY J., 1947., USBM RI-4037
REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 29; JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 165
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1840'S |
| Deposit | THERE ARE SEVERAL DIKES IN THE AREA. THERE IS NO DEFINITE STRIKE DIRECTION GIVEN FOR THE MAIN DIKE, ALTHOUGH JAHNS (1946, P. 166) SAYS THE DIKE CAN BE TRACED DIAGONALLY ALONG THE NORTH WALL OF THE CANYON FROM A POINT NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE CANYON TO A POINT ON A STEEP RIDGE 150 FT HIGHER AND 450 FT TO THE EAST. THERE IS A REMNANT OF WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SOUTH LIMB OF AN INVERTED TROUGH LOCATED IN THE CANYON BOTTOM. |
| Deposit | THE APACHE MINE HAS THE LARGEST PRODUCTION RECORD OF ANY MINE IN THE PETACA DISTRICT. SEE ALSO: LA JARITA-APACHE GROUP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1983 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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