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El Fidel Beryl Deposit

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Mica
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  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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014284
MRDS ID D010989
Record type Site
Current site name El Fidel Beryl Deposit
Alternate or previous names Fidel Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.77724, 36.01672 (WGS84)
Elevation 2423
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 63.2 MILES S46E OF TIERRA AMARILLA, NM, Within A Radius Of 500 Ft., Within A Radius Of 500 Ft., Within A Radius Of 500 Ft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Truchas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Taos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021N 011E 33 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM REDMON'S (1961) MAP AND DIRECTIONS. THE CADASTRAL NET IS UNSURVEYED IN THIS LOCATION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE MICA OCCURS AS "BURR ROCK" (REDMON, 1961).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE DEPOSIT HAS ASSAYED 15 TO 30 PERCENT MICA.

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) -105.77724, 36.01672
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER DIKE
    Strike N50E
    Dip 85 NW
    Length 76.2M
    Width 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MICA BOOKS LESS THAN 1 INCH IN DIAMETER ARE DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE PEGMATITE. THE RESULTANT MINERAL AGGREGATE IS CALLED "BURR ROCK" (REDMON, 1961).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer Phillip Fidel, Santa Fe, Nm
Year of first production 1957
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Nambe District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Phillip Fidel
    Home office Santa Fe, N.M.

Comments on the production information

  • REDMON (1961) REPORTS THAT APPROXIMATELY 1,500 TONS OF TALUS AND PEGMATITE WERE REMOVED DURING DEVELOPMENT WORK.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT WORK CONSISTED OF THREE PITS. THE LARGEST, KNOWN AS THE LOWER PIT, WAS LOCATED ON THE SW END OF THE DIKE. IT IS AN ARCUATE EXCAVATION WITH A 15-FOOT-HIGH WALL ON THE INNER PERIMETER. A SLOT-LIKE OPENING 5 FT WIDE AND 6 FT HIGH EXTENDS FROM THE EAST END OF THE PIT FOR 30 FEET. PIT NO. 1 IS 6 FT WIDE, 30 FT LONG, AND 2 TO 15 FT DEEP. PIT NO. 2 IS 10 FT WIDE, 30 FT LONG, AND 18 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT WORK CONSISTED OF THREE PITS AND BUILDING A CRUSHING AND SCREENING PLANT. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 55-58

  • Deposit

    FILE, L. AND S.A. NORTHROP, 1966, NMBMMR CIRC. 84

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE DIKE IS UNZONED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-83 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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