Kiawa Mine

Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar, Uranium, Thorium, REE
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107996
MRDS ID D010980
Record type Site
Current site name Kiawa Mine
Alternate or previous names Kiawa Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.07141, 36.58865 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 28.8 MILES S 16 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA, NM.

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 11 W2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION ACCURATE FOR CENTER OF PROSPECT PITS MARKED ON LAS TABLAS QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mica Ore
Microcline Ore
Monazite Ore
Albite Gangue
Beryl Gangue
Bismutite Gangue
Columbite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet 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) -106.07141, 36.58865

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER DIKE
    Strike N 75 E
    Dip SOUTHWARDS
    Plunge MODERATE
    Plunge direction WEST TO SOUTHWEST
    Length 426.72M
    Width 83.82M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARTZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Petaca District: Kiawa Group

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. B. Lothman
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. M. Maestas
    Home office La Madera, N.M.

Comments on the workings information

  • MAJOR MINE WORKINGS REPORTED BY JAHNS IN 1946 WERE OPENCUTS IN THE WEST END, THE NEW AND THE OLD LOWER PITS, ESPINOSA SHAFT, HOYT ADIT, PORCUPINE STOPES, AND THE TWIN STOPES. REDMON, IN 1961, REPORTS MOST OF THE OLDER WORKINGS WERE OBLITERATED OR WERE COVERED BY WASTE DUMPS BY HEAVY EQUIPMENT MINING IN 1956.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL, NO. 13, P. 67

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL NO. 25, P. 106-115

  • Deposit

    REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 8

  • Deposit

    WOODWARD, L.A., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 127

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 118-121

  • Production

    JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25 AND REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAIN PEGMATITE BODY IS LENTICULAR IN PLAN VIEW. THERE IS ALSO A LARGE DIKE 250 FT NORTH THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE MAIN BODY AND IS 1240 FT LONG AND 38 FT WIDE.
Deposit SEE ALSO: KIAWA GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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