| Deposit ID | 10014282 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010987 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | La Paloma Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.02808, 36.46448 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2286 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 34 MILES S29E 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 | 30 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Primary |
| Feldspar | Secondary |
| Beryllium Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Bismutite | Ore |
| Columbite | Ore |
| Mica | Ore |
| Microcline | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | 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) | -106.02808, 36.46448 |
|---|
| General form | OTHER DIKES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 60 W TO N 70 W |
| Dip | STEEPLY NE |
| Length | 76.2M |
| Width | 9.14M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1910 |
| Year of first production | 1915 |
| District name | Petaca District: La Madera-Palomas Canyon Group |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | La Madera Mining Co. |
| Home office | La Madera, N.M. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010987 |
JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 246-250
REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 46
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 246-250.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF FIVE SUBPARALLEL DIKES. THE NORTHERNMOST IS THE LARGEST AND IS THE ONLY ONE MINED. TWO OF THE DIKES DO NOT CONTAIN QUARTZ CORES. |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: LA MADERA-PALOMA CANYON GROUP AND PINEAPPLE MINE ; 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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