| Deposit ID | 10009172 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001881 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sparks - Stone Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Sparks-Stone No. 1 |
| Related records | 10175048 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.49584, 35.6495 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2859 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 16.0 MILES N 75 W OF LAS VEGAS, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Miguel(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
El Porvenir(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | San Miguel |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 016N | 014E | 05,06 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Tertiary |
| Tantalum Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Euxenite | Ore |
| Uranophane | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -105.49584, 35.6495 |
|---|
| General form | OTHER: DIKE |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Discoverer | Sam Stone, Las Vegas, Nm (1961) |
| Year of first production | 1955 |
| Year of last production | 1956 |
| District name | Elk Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sparks-Stone Mining Co. |
| Home office | Las Vegas, Nm. |
| First year | 1961 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. M. T. Sparks And Margaret Sparks |
| Home office | Las Vegas, Nm. |
| First year | 1961 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 3.05M |
| Overall length | 15.24M |
| Overall width | 6.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001881 |
PARKER, R. L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE U. S., U. S. G. S. MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR - 36
REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 75-76
ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1982, NMBMMR OFR-182, P. 1-513
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 1-513
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCURS IN A MASS OF WEATHERED AND SHATTERED GRANITE PEGMATITE THAT IS ENCLOSED BY GRANITE AND GNEISS. THE PEGMATITE IS FLAT-LYING AND APPARENTLY UNZONED. IT CONSISTS OF COARSE QUARTZ, PINK FELDSPAR AND MINOR BIOTITE. THE PEGMATITE IS ABNORMALLY RADIOACTIVE (THREE TIMES THE BACKGROUND COUNT) AT TWO PLACES IN THE DISCOVERY PIT. AUTENITE FLAKES, AS LARGE AS 1/16 INCH IN DIAMETER ARE PRESENT IN IRON-STAINED FRACTURES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-75 | Parker, Raymond L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-84 | Murray, Diane | U.S. Geological Survey |
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