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La Bajada Mine

Past Producer in Santa Fe county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium, Silver, Molybdenum, Cobalt, Germanium, Nickel, Thorium, Sulfur, Arsenic
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  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008418
MRDS ID D000584
Record type Site
Current site name La Bajada Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: La Majada, Lone Star, La Bahada
Related records 10224288

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.20808, 35.5495 (WGS84)
Elevation 1713
Relative position ABOUT 17.6 MILES S 61 W OF SANTA FE, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Fe(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tetilla Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Los Alamos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(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 Santa Fe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015N 007E 09 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT SHOWN ON THE TETILLA PEAK QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Germanium Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOLYBDENUM, COBALT, GERMANIUM, NICKEL AND THORIUM HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN MORE THAN ORDINARY TRACE-ELEMENT AMOUNTS (ELSTON, 1967; KING, 1965; MCLEMORE, 1983).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Brannerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Colusite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Espinosa Volcanics;Cieneguilla Limburgite
    Rock description Espinosa Volcanics;Cieneguilla Limburgite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.20808, 35.5495
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description La Bajada Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description North-Trending La Bajada

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip EASTWARD
    Thickness 76.2M
    Length 792.48M
    Width 792.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A North-Trending Fault (La Bajada)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer George Rinaldi, Bland, Nm (1918).
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1979

Mining district

District name Cerrillos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lone Star Mining And Development Corp.
    Home office Albuquerque, Nm (1979)
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
    First year 1979

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Period 1962 To 1966
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN 170-FT SHAFT WITH DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS AT THE 140 AND 170-FOOT LEVELS. THERE IS A RAISE TO THE 140-FT. LEVEL. IN 1963 THE SANTA FE RIVER WAS DAMMED TO ALLOW OPEN-PIT OPERATIONS BELOW STREMBED LEVEL. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL DRILLHOLES OVER MUCH OF THE PROPERTY.

Comments on development

  • IN 1979 THE USBLM SUSPENDED ACTION ON THE LEASE RENEWAL UNTIL A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS REPORT COULD BE PREPARED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUSTIG, L.K., 1957, UNPUB. MASTER THESIS, UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO.

  • Deposit

    KING, R.U., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 206

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 36-37.

  • Deposit

    HAJI-VASSILIOU, A. AND P.F. KERR, 1972, ECON GEOL, V67, P. 41-54

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1979, NMGS GUIDEBOOK; 30TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 261-264

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148,

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1979, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 30TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 263

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE ESPINOSA VOLCANICS WHERE THE FORMATION HAS BEEN INTRUDED BY A NEARLY VERTICAL LIMBURGITE DIKE ALONG A NORTH-TRENDING FAULT. THE ORE IS FOUND IN A COMPLEX NETWORK OF THIN SULFIDE-MINERAL VEINS IN THE MAFIC DIKE AND AN IMPREGNATION OF FINE-GRAINED SULFIDE MINERALS IN THE BRECCIATED FOOTWALL OF THE DIKE, WHERE IT IS ALTERED TO CLAY. LUSTIG DESCRIBED 23 MINERALS FROM THE DEPOSIT (CHENOWETH, 1979).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1984 Murray, Diane U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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