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Great Western Mine

Past Producer in Mora county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Mica
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014846
MRDS ID D011901
Record type Site
Current site name Great Western Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.31222, 35.96311 (WGS84)
Elevation 2243
Relative position ABOUT 1.0 MILE S 45 E OF MORA, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mora(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mora(hydrologic unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Mora

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020N 015E 14 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT SHOWN ON THE MORA QUADRANGLE. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.31222, 35.96311
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER: DIKE
    Length 914.4M
    Width 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PRECAMBRIAN IN THIS AREA DOES NOT HAVE A FORMAL NAME.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1949
Discoverer Great Western Mining Co.
Year of first production 1949
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Mora District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Great Western Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Land And Grazing Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • REDMON (1961, P. 69) STATES THAT THE LARGEST EXCAVATION WAS A PIT 300 FEET LONG 60 FEET WIDE AND 20 FEET DEEP, AND THAT SEVERAL PITS AND CUTS WERE EXCAVATED. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHY THE MORA QUADRANGLE SHOWS A SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 68-69

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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