| Deposit ID | 10272951 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350550005 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Harding Pegmatite |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.79497, 36.19255 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2253 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Taos(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Trampas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Taos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)
Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Taos |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 023 N | 011 E | 29 | E2SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Tertiary |
| Lithium Critical | Tertiary |
| Tantalum Critical | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alabandite | Unknown |
| Apatite | Unknown |
| Beryl | Unknown |
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Columbite | Unknown |
| Lepidolite | Unknown |
| Microcline | Unknown |
| Microlite | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Spodumene | Unknown |
| Tantalite | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -105.79497, 36.19255 |
|---|
| Strike | N45W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 06S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 17M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 914M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 91M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 10HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1920 |
| District name | Picuris |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Montgomery, Arthur |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New Mexico |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 0.5HA | ||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350550005 |
REFERENCE TO PROBABILISTIC GRADE QUANTITY MATRIX: ORE GRADE
TONNAGE FIGURES TAKEN FROM BUREAU OF MINES WAR MINERALS RE
310, P12.
BERLINGER, M. H., 1949, INVESTIGATIONS OF THE HARDING LITHIU
TANTALUM DEPOSIT, TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: USBM R. I. 4607
HARDING PEGMATITE DEPOSIT, TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, 1943: US
MINERALS REPORT 195, 8 PP.
HARDING TANTALUM-LITHIUM DEPOSITS, TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO:
WAR MINERALS REPORT 310, 15 PP.
JUST, EVAN, 1937, GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC FEATURES OF THE PEGMA
OF TAOS AND RIO ARRIBA COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SC
MINES BULL 13, 73 PP.
SCHILLING, JOHN H., 1960, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TAOS COUNTY,
MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES BULL 71, 124 PP.
SOULE, J. H., 1946, EXPLORATION OF HARDING TANTALUM-LITHIUM
DEPOSITS TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: USBM R. I. 3986, 10 PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REFERENCE TO RECORD 050: BUREAU OF MINES EXTENSIVELY DRILLED PEGMATITE DURING LATE 1930S AND EARLY 1940S. REFERENCE TO RECORD 070: PEGMATITE HAS LARGEST OCCURRENCE OF MICROLITE IN THE U.S. PEGMATITE MINED FOR ITS LEPIDOLITE, SPODUMEME, BERYL, AND MICROLITE. PEGMATITE SHOWS COMPLEX OUTER PEGMATITE CONTAINS QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-MUSCOVITE-ALBIT FACIES. INNER ZONE CONTAINS TANTALUM-LITHIUM MINERALS. CAS ITE FOUND AS A MINOR OCCURRENCE. ONE 30-TON MICROLITE CONC CONTAINED 0.23% CASSITERITE (WAR MINERALS REPORT 310, 1944 REFERENCE TO RECORDS 120 AND 130: DEPOSIT PRINCIPALLY QUARRI (APPROXIMATELY 40000 TONS), BUT IN CENTER OF SOUTH FACE, O MINED BY ROOM AND PILLAR METHOD. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Hite, Alan G. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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