| Deposit ID | 10014812 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011779 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rocking Chair Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims: Rockin' Chair No. 1-19. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.81029, 35.99561 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2426 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 22.8 MILES N 18 E OF SANTA FE, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Fe(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sierra Mosca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)
Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Santa Fe 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 | Santa Fe |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 020N;021N;021N | 011E;011E;010E | 06;31;36 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Mica | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Mica | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Microcline | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| (1) | Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Pegmatite Dike |
| General form | OTHER: DIKE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 85 E |
| Dip | STEEPLY SOUTH |
| Length | 243.84M |
| Width | 18.29M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Year of first production | 1955 |
| District name | Nambe District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ray O. Burch And George A. Wirz |
| Home office | Lubbock, Tx. |
| First year | 1961 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011779 |
REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 58-59
USGS, ET AL., 1980, USGS OFR 80-382, P. 99-100
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 288
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE BERYL AND MICA OCCURRED MAINLY AT THE OUTER EDGE OF THE INNER CORE OF A PEGMATITE DIKE THAT INTRUDED PRECAMBRIAN SCHISTS AND GNEISSES. THE MAIN DIKE ON THE PROPERTY RANGES FROM 20 TO 60 FEET IN WIDTH AND IS ABOUT 800 FEET LONG, STRIKING N 85 E AND DIPPING STEEPLY SOUTH. THE OUTER ZONE IS COMPRISED OF FINE TO MEDIUM-GRAINED QUARTZ, MICROCLINE, ALBITE AND MUSCOVITE. THE INNER ZONE IS SIGNIFICANTLY COARSER QUARTZ, MICROCLINE AND PLATY ALBITE. THE QUARTZ IN THE INNER ZONE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR MASSES 2 TO 3 FEET IN DIAMETER. THE MICA RARELY EXCEEDS 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER, IS SUITABLE ONLY FOR SCRAP, AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE MORE THAN ABOUT 1 PERCENT OF THE PEGMATITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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