Pidlite

Occurrence in Mora county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Lithium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090627
MRDS ID D001878
Record type Site
Current site name Pidlite
Related records 10199374

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.53389, 35.88338 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mora(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pecos Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pecos Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Santa Fe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Pecos Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Mora

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Lithium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Microlite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.53389, 35.88338

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R. H., 1953, THE GENESIS OF PEGMATITES - (PT) 2, QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES OF LITHIUM - BEARING PEGMATITE, MORA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 38, NOS. 11 - 12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO THE PIDLITE PEGMATE MINE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THIS MINE. THE MINE AREA IS IN BOTH SAN MIGUEL AND MORA COUNTIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Parker, Raymond L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.