La Jarita-Apache Group

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Mica, Beryllium, Feldspar, Niobium (Columbium), Uranium, Thorium, REE, Bismuth
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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014278
MRDS ID D010983
Record type Site
Current site name La Jarita-Apache Group
Alternate or previous names Mines: La Jarita, Lone Wolf Silver Dollar, Vestegard, Veseley El Contento St Joseph, Lonesome, Mica Lode Consolation, North Miller Mary Mary No. 1, Mary No. 2, Etter Werner, De Aragon El Camino, Conquistador Augusta, Wyoming, Keystone-Western, Maulsby Alicia, Silver Plate, Navajo Summit, Highland, Jeanene No. 5 Coyote California, Apache No. 2 Old Black Horse, Kentucky Sandoval, Apache Apache No 1, Pinos Altos, Prince King, Queen, Coats American, Bluebird

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.05169, 36.50448 (WGS84)
Elevation 2432
Relative position ABOUT 34 MILES S 26 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

Las Tablas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chama(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;026N;027N;027N 008E;009E;008E;009E 01,11,12;06,07;25,35,36;30 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE APACHE MINE SHAFT. THE LA JARITA-APACHE GROUP COVERS AN AREA OF ABOUT THREE SQUARE MILES IN THE CENTER OF THE PETACA DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Feldspar Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary
Uranium Secondary
Thorium Secondary
REE Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Bismutite Ore
Mica Ore
Microcline Ore
Monazite Ore
Albite Gangue
Cleavelandite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz 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) -106.05169, 36.50448

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER DIKES

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PEGMATITES OCCUR 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 1850
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1965

Mining district

District name Petaca District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • JAHNS (1946) AND REDMON (1961) GIVE PRODUCTION RECORDS FOR EACH MINE. MOST PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE VAGUELY ESTIMATED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN CUTS, PITS, STOPES, ADITS, SHAFTS AND WINZES. JAHNS (1946) AND REDMON (1961) GIVE COMPLETE DETAILS FOR ALL OF THE MINES IN THIS GROUP.

Comments on development

  • THERE ARE 27 MINES IN THE LA JARITA-APACHE GROUP, REDMON (1961) GIVES DETAILS ON OWNERSHIP AND STATUS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL 13, P. 64-70

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 128-179

  • Deposit

    BARKER, F., 1958, NMBMMR BULL 45

  • Deposit

    REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 16-33

  • Deposit

    LESURE, F.G., 1965, NUBMMR BULL 87, P. 278

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 121-122

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL PILE DATA

  • Production

    JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 128-179; REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 16-33

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE 27 PEGMATITES IN THIS GROUP. THEY STRIKE WEST-NORTHWEST AND DIP IN A GENERALLY NORTHERLY DIRECTION. THEY HAVE AN AVERAGE LENGTH OF 400 FT AND WIDTH OF 49 FT.
Deposit SEE JAHNS (1946) AND REDMON (1961) FOR PRODUCTION RECORDS FROM ALL 27 MINES IN THIS GROUP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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