Cribbenville Group

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Mica, REE, Bismuth, Niobium (Columbium)
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. Ownership information
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000382
MRDS ID D010969
Record type District
Current site name Cribbenville Group
Alternate or previous names Gabalon, Gavilon, Fridlund (Blue Eagle No. 1), Pino Verde (Luna), Freetland, Teddy No. 2, Bluebird No. 2, Teddy, Blanca, Capitan Bonanza, North Cribbenville, Ajax, Cribbenville, Navidad, El Capitan, Pavo, Nambe, Turkeytrack, Gabaldone, Old Cribbenville, Cribbens, Nambi

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.03388, 36.48314 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE NORTH CRIBBENVILLE SHAFT. THE NORTH CRIBBENVILLE IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE CRIBBENVILLE GROUP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Madera(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abiquiu(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
Mica Primary
REE Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.03388, 36.48314

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1700
Year of first production 1700
Year of last production 1960

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner MINERALS ENGINEERING CO.
    Home office GRAND JUNCTION, CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JUST, E., 1936, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 63-70

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 179-212

  • Deposit

    REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 33-36

  • Deposit

    LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P. 278

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P.122

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Beyond USGS

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