| Deposit ID | 10101881 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010973 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | North Cribbenville Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Old Cribbenville, Cribbens, Ajax |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.03391, 36.4831 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2347 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 35 MILES S 26 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 | 009E | 18 | NW OF SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Columbite | Ore |
| Mica | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Beryl | Gangue |
| Bismutite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Microcline | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Spessartite | 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) | -106.03391, 36.4831 |
|---|
| General form | OTHER DIKE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 65 W |
| Dip | NNE AT STEEP ANGLES |
| Plunge | GENTLE |
| Plunge direction | WNW TO NW |
| Length | 67.06M |
| Width | 13.11M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1650 |
| Year of first production | 1650 |
| Year of last production | 1955 |
| District name | Petaca District: Cribbenville Group |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Minerals Engineering Co. (Meco) |
| Home office | Grand Junction, Co. |
| Year | 1945 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1650 To 1945 |
| Material | MIC |
| Accuracy | Estimate |
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^40,000 Lbs Stove, 20,000 Lbs Sheet, 1500 Tons Scrap |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010973 |
JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL NO. 13, P. 63-70
JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL NO. 25, P. 193-195
REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 33
LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P. 278
BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR, BULL. NO. 91, P. 122
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 193
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THERE IS ANOTHER DIKE SOUTH AND IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE MAIN DIKE. IT IS 225 FT LONG, 30 FT WIDE AND APPEARS TO PLUNGE WEST. IT WAS WORKED AROUND 1885 BUT SHOWS NO POTENTIAL AT THE PRESENT TIME. (JAHNS, 1946) |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: CRIBBENVILLE GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1600'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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