| Deposit ID | 10014269 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010970 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fridlund Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Blue Eagle No. 1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.03752, 36.49282 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2396 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 35 MILES S 26 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 | 009E | 18 | NW OF NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Primary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Secondary |
| Uranium | Secondary |
| Thorium | Secondary |
| REE Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Columbite | Ore |
| Mica | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Beryl | Gangue |
| Bismuthinite | Gangue |
| Bismutite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Microcline | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Rock unit name | Ortega Quartzite |
| Rock description | Ortega Quartzite |
| (1) | Middle Tertiary volcanic rocks, undifferentiated |
|---|
| General form | OTHER OPEN TROUGH |
|---|---|
| Plunge | MODERATE TO STEEP |
| Plunge direction | WSW |
| Thickness | 2.13M |
| Length | 12.19M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| Year of first production | 1920 |
| Year of last production | 1958 |
| District name | Petaca District: Cribbenville Group |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Minerals Engineering Co. (Meco) |
| Home office | Grand Junction, Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010970 |
JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO.13, P.63-70
JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 180-183
REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P.33
LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P.278
BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P.122
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 181
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1900'S |
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT LOOKS LIKE A BOOMERANG IN PLAN VIEW. THE BROAD WEST LIMB TRENDS EAST-WEST AND DIPS STEEPLY SOUTH. THE NARROW SOUTH LIMB STRIKES N 15 E AND DIPS STEEPLY WEST. |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: CRIBBENVILLE 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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