| Deposit ID | 10097880 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010978 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Buena Vista Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Kiawa Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.06864, 36.58476 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2515 |
| Relative position | 28.8 MILES S 16 E 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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Rio Arriba |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 027N | 008E | 11 | SW OF SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Primary |
| Feldspar | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Mica | Ore |
| Microcline | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| 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) | Paleoproterozoic granitic plutonic rocks |
|---|
| General form | OTHER DIKE |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Length | 137.16M |
| Width | 7.62M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1935 |
| Year of last production | 1939 |
| District name | Petaca District: Kiawa Group |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Joseph M. Maestas |
| Home office | Vallecitos, N.M. |
| First year | 1939 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010978 |
JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 67-68
JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 117
REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 10
WOODWARD, L.A., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 127
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 118-121
REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 11
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: KIAWA GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | THERE ARE TWO PEGMATITE DEPOSITS PRESENT. THE NORTH DIKE IS 450 FT LONG AND DIPS STEEPLY NORTH. THE SOUTH DIKE IS 400 FT LONG AND DIPS S 50-65 W. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1930'S (?) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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