| Deposit ID | 10101882 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010991 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Joseph Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Star Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.05475, 36.32726 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2006 |
| Relative position | 39.2 MILES S 45 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
Ojo Caliente(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Abiquiu(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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Rio Arriba |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 024N | 008E | 11 | NE OF SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Albite | Gangue |
| Columbite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Microcline | 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 |
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | East End Of Dike Truncated By A North Trending, Steeply Dipping Fault. |
| General form | OTHER PLUG AND DIKE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 80 E |
| Dip | 80 N |
| Thickness | 30.48M |
| Length | 76.2M |
| Width | 24.38M |
| Depth to bottom | 18.29M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Discoverer | Antonio Joseph, Ojo Caliente, Nm |
| Year of first production | 1900 |
| Year of last production | 1965 |
| District name | Ojo Caliente No. 1 District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | M. I. C. A., Inc. |
| Home office | Box 2403, Santa Fe, N.M. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 18.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010991 |
JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 65-68
JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 265-275
FILE, L. AND S.A., NORTHROP, 1966, NMBMMR CIRC. 84, P. 25
BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P. 127
WOODWARD, L.A., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 123-131
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 52
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PEGMATITE PLUNGES STEEPLY ON EAST END. |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: OJO CALIENTE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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