| Deposit ID | 10248230 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350390008 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Apache Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Porter, Blue, Apache Mica, Apache Nos 1-12 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.05228, 36.50444 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2409 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Rio Arriba |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 026 N | 008 E | 12 | NENW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Mica | Primary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -106.05228, 36.50444 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jarita Mining And Investment Co |
| Home office | New Mexico |
| Year | 1973 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350390008 |
RECORDED PRODUCTION THROUGH 1958 WAS 208 555 LBS OF SHEET
AND HAND COBBED MICA 167 TONS OF SCRAP MICA AND 5.5 TONS
OF BERYL (REDMON 1961 P 29)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF MINES EXTENDED ADIT NO 2 IN 1944 IN
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO INTERSECT UNMINED PARTS OF
DEPOSIT BEYOND CAVED WORKINGS
ABOUT 100 FT ABOVE CANADA DE LOS APACHES (CREEK)
REDMON D E RECONNAISSANCE OF SELECTED PEGMATITE DISTRICTS
IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO USBM I C 8013 1961 P 19;
29
JAHNS R H MICA DEPOSITS OF THE PETACA DISTRICT RIO ARRI-
BA COUNTY NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL 25 1946 P 165- 170
HOWARD E V METALLIFEROUS OCCURRANCES IN NEW MEXICO NM
STATE PLANNING OFFICE 1967 P 192
BINGLER E C GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA
COUNTY NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL 91 1968 P 118 121- 122
TALMAGE S B AND WOOTTON T P THE NON-METALLIC MINERAL
RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES
NMBM BULL 12 1937 P 115- 116
JUST EVAN GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC FEATURES OF THE PIGMATITES
OF TAOS AND RIO ARRIBA COUNTIES NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL
13 1937 P 64
HOLMQUIST R J APACHE MICA MINE RIO ARRIBA COUNTY NEW
MEXICO USBM R I 4037 1947 5 P
HEINRICH E W GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR BERYL AND COLUM
BITE ECO GEO VOL 57 1962 P 618
WRIGHT L A THE GLOBE PEGMATITE RIO ARRIBA COUNTY NEW
MEXICO AM JOUR SCI NOV 1948 P 686
JAHNS R H GEOLOGY MINING SAND USES OF STRATEGIC PEGMA-
TITES TRANS AIME VOL 190 JAN 1951 MIN ENG P 53
JAHNS R H MILLING INPROVES NORTHERN NEW MEXICO SCRAP MICA
OUTLOOK E AND MJ VOL 149 NO 5 MAY 1948 P 97 98
NMBM MINES INDEX
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-83 | New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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