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Fish Beryl Claims

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Beryllium
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014285
MRDS ID D010990
Record type Site
Current site name Fish Beryl Claims
Alternate or previous names Fish Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.69779, 36.02811 (WGS84)
Elevation 2850
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

El Valle(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)

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 021N 012E 29 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM REDMON'S MAP AND DIRECTIONS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Mica 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) -105.69779, 36.02811
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER DIKE
    Strike N80W
    Dip 80S
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • A 4-FOOT-WIDE MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ CORE IS BOUNDED ON EACH SIDE BY 3-FOOT-WIDE ZONES OF FRACTURED AND WEATHERED FELDSPARS. PALE-GREEN EUHEDRAL BERYL IS FOUND WITH THE FELDSPAR ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE QUARTZ CORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer E.L. Rivers, Santa Fe, Nm
Year of first production 1957
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Nambe District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. L. Rivers
    Home office Santa Fe, N.M.

Comments on the production information

  • REDMON (1961) REPORTS THAT 1,300 POUNDS OF BERYL WAS SOLD TO THE G.S.A. IN CUSTER, S.D. AND THE REMAINDER WAS RETAINED FOR SPECIMENS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall width 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • FACE DEPTH OF WORKINGS IS 15 FT.

Comments on development

  • MR. RIVERS PRODUCED 1500 POUNDS OF BERYL IN 1957.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 55-57

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE POORLY EXPOSED, BUT IS TRACEABLE FOR 60 FEET ALONG THE STRIKE.

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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