Petach Mine

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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 10295899
MAS/MILS ID 0350390083
Record type Site
Current site name Petach Mine

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
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Mica Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical 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 Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Minerals Engineering Co
    Home office New Mexico

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SECTIONS 13 AND 19

  • Deposit

    REFERENCES MAY BE OF DIFFERENT WORKINGS.

  • Deposit

    VAGUE DESCRIPTION OF LOCATON

  • Deposit

    NMBM INACTIVE NON-METALLICS INDEX

  • Deposit

    HOWARD E.V. METALLIFEROUS OCCURANCES NM STATE PLANNING

  • Deposit

    OFFICE 1967 P 192

  • Deposit

    STERRETT D.B. MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES USGS

  • Deposit

    BULL, 740 1923 P 161

  • Deposit

    HOLMES J.A. MICA DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES: 20TH ANN.

  • Deposit

    RPT. USGS. PT. 6, CONTINUED, 1899 P 706- 707

  • Deposit

    NM BOM CIR 77

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.