Red Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087939
MRDS ID D010965
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mine
Alternate or previous names Peacock, Frances No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.03836, 36.45198 (WGS84)
Elevation 2274
Relative position ABOUT 35 MILES S 30 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 026N 008E 25 SE OF SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR PORTAL OF ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BURR ROCK IS A FINE-GRAINED AGGREGATE OF QUARTZ, MICA, AND MINOR FELDSPAR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mica Ore
Columbite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Monazite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result REDMON REPORTS THE BURR ROCK MAY CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 35% MICA

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) -106.03836, 36.45198

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER DIKE
    Strike N 75 E
    Dip 60 NORTH
    Length 91.44M
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEARLY ALL OF THE MINERALS IN THE DIKE ARE COVERED BY A REDDISH-BROWN FILM OF IRON OXIDES. THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1927
Year of last production 1960

Mining district

District name Petaca District: Alamos Group

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Columbium Mining And Milling Co., Inc.
    Home office La Madera, N.M.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT, SEVERAL STOPES AND SEVERAL SURFACE OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • REDMON (1961) REPORTS A SCREENING PLANT WAS BUILT 0.25 MILES WEST OF THE MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JUST, E., 1936, NMBMMR BULL, NO. 13, P. 66

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL, NO. 25, P. 228-233

  • Deposit

    REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 41

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 122-126

  • Production

    JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL, NO. 25, P. 228

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: ALAMOS GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1920'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references