Peno Verde Prospect

Prospect in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Beryllium, Bismuth, Fluorine-Fluorite, Mica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10175021
MAS/MILS ID 0350390082
Record type Site
Current site name Peno Verde Prospect
Alternate or previous names Luna

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.01028, 36.50614 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.01028, 36.50614

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Minerals Engineering Co
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COUNTY MEW MEXICO NMBM BULL 25 1946 P 183- 185

  • Deposit

    REDMON D.E. RECONNAISSANCE, PEGMATITE USBM I.C. 8013

  • Deposit

    1961 P 19, 33-35

  • Deposit

    BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY, RIO ARRIBA NMBM BULL. 91 1968

  • Deposit

    P 122

  • Deposit

    JAHNS R.H. GEOLOGY, MINING, AND USES OF STRATEGIC PEGMA-

  • Deposit

    TITES TRANS AIME V 190 JAN. 1951 MINING ENG. P 52

  • Deposit

    HILDERT L.S. URANIUM RESOURCES OF NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO

  • Deposit

    USGS P.P. 603 1969 P 47

  • Deposit

    NMBM MINES INDEX

  • Deposit

    NM BOM CIR 77

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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