Elk Mountain District

Occurrence in San Miguel county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), REE, Uranium, Thorium, 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. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000268
MRDS ID D001882
Record type District
Current site name Elk Mountain District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.55056, 35.76676 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pecos Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Santa Fe 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 San Miguel

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Uranium Primary
Thorium Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.55056, 35.76676

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name ELK MOUNTAIN DISTRICT

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 PARKER, RAYMOND L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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