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Big Rock Kyanite Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069797
MRDS ID W007486
Record type Site
Current site name Big Rock Kyanite Mine
Alternate or previous names Raymond Kyanite Prospect 1950 Or Big Rock Mine 1928: Claims, Raymond Nos. 1, 2, and 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.07947, 36.54337 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Relative position ABOUT 28.5 MILES S 68 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA.

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 027N 008E 27 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE HOYT SHAFT AT THE MAIN KYANITE DEPOSIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES REPORTED IN NMBMMR BULL 91 CONTAINED 62.24 T0 71.74 % SI02
Result 36.30 TO 26.17 % AL203
Result 0.25 TO 0.29 % FE203
Result 0.45 TO 0.15 % TI02
Result AND 0.64 TO 1.13 % IGNITION LOSS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Burned Mountain Metarhyolite Intrusive
    Rock description Burned Mountain Metarhyolite Intrusive
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Ortega Quartzite;Kiawa Mountain Formation-Quartzite, Amphibolite, Conglomerate
    Rock description Ortega Quartzite;Kiawa Mountain Formation-Quartzite, Amphibolite, Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.07947, 36.54337
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 39.62M
    Width 33.53M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRREGULAR MASSES OF KYANITE - QUARTZ ROCK ENCLOSED IN HOST ROCK. SAMPLES CONTAIN 31.6% AL2O3, SAMPLES OF HOST ROCK CONTAIN ABOUT 19% AL2O3

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1928
Year of last production 1928

Mining district

District name Petaca District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Phillip S. Hoyt, Van Horn, Texas
    First year 1928
  • Type Owner
    Owner Raymond Mizunuma, Albuquerque, N. M.
    First year 1950

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1950
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Kyanite Kyn 50 wt-pct Andalusite-Kyanite-Sillmanite Major 1950

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 131

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 39.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1968 CONSISTED OF THE HOYT SHAFT ABOUT 128 FT. DEEP AND CAVED AT TIME. SURFACE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND SMALL OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 128-131

  • Deposit

    COREY, A.F., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 47, P. 28-33, PLATES 1, 2, 3, AND 4

  • Deposit

    BARKER, F., 1958 NMBMMR BULL 45, 104 PAGES, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    JUST, E., 1937 NMBMMR BULL 13, P. 69

  • Deposit

    TALMAGE, S.B., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1937 NMBMMR BULL 12, P. 138

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R.H., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 261

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 261

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF THREE LARGE AND EIGHT SMALL PODS OF KYANITE-BEARING ROCK RANGING FROM 15 TO 130 FT. LONG, 10 T0 110 FT. HIGH, AND 12 TO 60 FT. THICK. THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1950.
Deposit BOTH THE DEPOSIT AND REGION HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY STUDIED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-59 Espenshade, Gilbert H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-AUG-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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