| Deposit ID | 10014268 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010968 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sunnyside Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.04891, 36.45421 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2341 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 35 MILES S 30 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA, NM. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Rio Arriba |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 026N | 008E | 25 | E2 OF SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Mica | Secondary |
| Feldspar | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Mica | Ore |
| Microcline | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Topaz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| Rock unit name | Ortega Quartzite |
| Rock description | Ortega Quartzite |
| (1) | -106.04891, 36.45421 |
|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 20 W |
| Dip | 30 TO 35 WSW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1943 |
| Discoverer | Juan Trujillo, La Madera, Nm |
| Year of first production | 1943 |
| Year of last production | 1955 |
| District name | Petaca District: Alamos Group |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | H. S. Coulter |
| Home office | La Madera, N.M. |
| Year | 1950 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1943-1950 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^2500 Lbs Of Beryl Mined | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 18.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010968 |
JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 226
REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P.40
GRIFFITS, W.R., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P.200
LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P. 285-287
BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P. 123-124
MCLEMORE, VT., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25 AND REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE SUNNYSIDE IS UNUSUAL IN THAT THE BERYL-MICA CONCENTRATIONS OCCUR IN THE MICA-SCHIST RATHER THAN IN THE PEGMATITE. THE STRIKE AND DIP ARE FROM SEVERLY CRUMPLED FOLIATED SCHIST. |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: ALAMOS GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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