La Madera-Palomas Canyon Group

Occurrence in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Mica, Beryllium, Uranium, Vanadium, Thorium, REE, Feldspar
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 10014281
MRDS ID D010986
Record type Site
Current site name La Madera-Palomas Canyon Group
Alternate or previous names Mines: La Paloma Mine, El Floto, Aztec, Peno Blanco, Laura Crystal, Quartzite, Hidden Treasure, Big Bug, Ancon Ancone, Ancen, Salt Lick, Paloma Canyon, Lower Alamos Canyon, Pineapple

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.01975, 36.43532 (WGS84)
Elevation 2183
Relative position ABOUT 36 MILES S 29 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 025N;025N;026N 008E;009E;009E 01;04,05,08,17,18;30,32 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SW CORNER MARKER OF SEC. 32, T26N, R9E. THIS LOCALITY IS JUST NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE LA MADERA-PALOMA CANYON GROUP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Mica Ore
Microcline Ore
Monazite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Albite 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) -106.01975, 36.43532

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER DIKES, SILLS, PLUGS

Comments on the geologic information

  • THESE DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Petaca District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • JAHNS (1946) AND REDMON (1961) GIVE PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR EACH MINE.

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, TRENCHES, OPEN CUTS, SMALL ADITS AND RAISES THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

Comments on development

  • JAHN (1946) AND REDMON (1961) LIST OWNER/OPERATORS FOR ALL OF THESE MINES AND PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 68-70

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 245-265

  • Deposit

    REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 46-50

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P. 126

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25 AND REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS GROUP IS COMPOSED OF SEVERAL PEGMATITES ALONG THE LA MADERA CANYON NORTH OF LA MADERA, NM.
Deposit SEE ALSO: LA PALOMA MINE, PINEAPPLE MINE ; 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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