Coates Tunnel

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Mica, Niobium (Columbium)
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126301
MAS/MILS ID 0350390211
Record type Site
Current site name Coates Tunnel
Alternate or previous names American, Coats

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.02368, 36.50444 (WGS84)
Elevation 2293
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Las Tablas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chama(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 026 N 009 E 07 SENE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.02368, 36.50444

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ross Martinez
    Year 1971
  • Type Operator
    Owner G. And M Co., Ltd
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAHNS R.H. MICA DEPOSITS OF THE PETACA DISTRICT, RIO ARRIBA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 25 1946 P 174- 176

  • Deposit

    REDMON D.E. RECONNAISSANCE OF SELECTED PEGMATITE DISTRICTS

  • Deposit

    IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO USBM I.C. 8013 1961 P 19,

  • Deposit

    32- 33

  • Deposit

    BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 91 1968 P 121

  • Deposit

    JUST,EVAN GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC FEATURES OF THE PEGMATITES

  • Deposit

    OF TAOS AND RIO ARRIBA COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL.

  • Deposit

    13 1937 P 66- 67

  • Deposit

    USBM PRELIM. WAR MINERALS REPORT. JAN. 1943

  • Deposit

    NM STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S OFFICE: NEW REGISTRATIONS (1971)

  • Deposit

    NMBM MINES INDEX

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH E.W. GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR BERYL AND COLUM-

  • Deposit

    BITE ECO. GEO: VOL. 57 1962 P 618

  • Deposit

    JAHNS R.H. MILLING IMPROVES NORTHERN NEW MEXICO SCRAP MICA

  • Deposit

    OUTLOOK E AND MJ VOL. 149 NO. 5 MAY 1948 P. 97-98

  • Deposit

    USGS BUL 740 STERRETT D.B. 1923 P. 161

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-SEP-87 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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