| Deposit ID | 10097879 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010966 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Alamos Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Parker Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.05197, 36.45698 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2341 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 35 MILES S 30 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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Rio Arriba |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 026N | 008E | 25 | NE OF SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Mica | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Columbite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Microcline | Gangue |
| Monazite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| 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) | Los Pinos Formation of Lower Santa Fe Group |
|---|
| General form | OTHER DIKES |
|---|---|
| Strike | GENERALLY WEST |
| Dip | STEEPLY NORTH |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Year of first production | 1925 |
| Year of last production | 1945 |
| District name | Petaca District: Alamos Group |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | General Minerals Co. |
| Home office | Houston, Tx. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010966 |
JUSE, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 66
JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 223-226
REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 40
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 122-126
JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 223
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT HAS THREE SEGMENTS EXPOSED WHICH MAY BE JOINED AT DEPTH. THE WEST SEGMENT IS 25 FT WIDE AND 355 FT. LONG. THE EAST SEGMENT IS 25 TO 40 FT WIDE AND 170 FT LONG. |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: ALAMOS GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1920'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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