Globe Mine

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014266
MRDS ID D010964
Record type Site
Current site name Globe Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.04086, 36.44921 (WGS84)
Elevation 2277
Relative position ABOUT 35 MILES S 30 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA, NM

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 026N 008E 36 NE OF NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cleavelandite Ore
Columbite Ore
Mica Ore
Microcline Ore
Albite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Beryl Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Spessartite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Ortega Quartzite
    Rock description Ortega Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.04086, 36.44921

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER DIKE
    Strike N 85 W
    Dip 85 N
    Length 198.12M
    Width 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Petaca District: Alamos Group

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Continental Mine Products Co.
    Home office La Madera, N.M.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FIVE SHAFTS, SEVERAL STOPES, TWO MAJOR DRIFTS , AND SEVERAL SURFACE OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • THE GLOBE MINE IS THE ONLY PATENTED LODE CLAIM IN THE PETACA DISTRICT. THE US MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER IS 1818 AND THE PATENT NUMBER IS 874492.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JUST, E., 1936, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 64-65

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 233-242

  • Deposit

    REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 42-45

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P. 122-126

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ONE PEGMATITE DIKE. THE CLAIM AREA COVERED BY PATENT IS 20.66 ACRES. THE MINERAL SURVEY NO. IS 1818 AND THE PATENT NUMBER IS 874492.
Deposit SEE ALSO: ALAMOS GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references