Mine detail: La Bajada Mine

Previously called 'Mine: La MajadaLone StarLa Bahada'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.5495, -106.20808

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Uranium, Silver
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Cobalt, Germanium, Nickel, Thorium, Sulfur, Arsenic
Ore:	Bornite, Brannerite, Chalcopyrite, Colusite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1915

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1915
Last production ended:	1979

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:	Espinosa Volcanics;Cieneguilla Limburgite
Associated type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	La Bajada Fault, North-Trending La Bajada
Tectonic:	Jemez-La Bajada Constriction

References

MRDS	D000584
DEP	10008418
Reference	{Deposit:: LUSTIG, L.K., 1957, UNPUB. MASTER THESIS, UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO.}{Deposit:: KING, R.U., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 206}{Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 36-37.}{Deposit:: HAJI-VASSILIOU, A. AND P.F. KERR, 1972, ECON GEOL, V67, P. 41-54}{Deposit:: CHENOWETH, W.L., 1979, NMGS GUIDEBOOK; 30TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 261-264}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148,}{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: CHENOWETH, W.L., 1979, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 30TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 263}
Reporter	King, Robert U., Murray, Diane