Mine detail: Harding Pegmatite

Location:	Taos County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.19283, -105.79696
dep_id:	10009174
mrds_id:	D001883
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Beryllium, Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
Minor mineral:	Calcium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Beryl, Calcite, Lepidolite, Microlite, Spodumene
gangue:	Feldspar, Mica, Quartz
orebody_fm:	LENSE
Reporter:	Parker, Raymond L., Menzie, David
hrock_unit:	Vadito Formation
hrock_type:	Schist
arock_type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	The Pegmatite Occurs At The Contact Of The Schist And The Amphibolite And Occurs Along The Axis Of The Westward Plunging Harding Syncline.
Year first produced:	1919
yr_lst_prd:	1958
References:	Deposit:: ROOS, A., 1926 ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL-PRESS, VOL 121, NO 26, P. 1037-1042 Deposit:: JUST, E., 1937 NMBMMR BULL 13, P. 33-35 Deposit:: SOULE, J.H., 1946 USBM RI-3986, 10 PAGES Deposit:: BERLINER, M.H., 1949 USBM RI-4607, 7 PAGES Deposit:: MONTGOMERY, A., 1951, MINING WORLD, VOL. 13, NO. 8, P. 32-35. Deposit:: MONTGOMERY, A., 1953, NMBMMR BULL 30, 89 P. Deposit:: SCHILLING, J. H., 1960, NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 97-102. Deposit:: REDMON, D. E., 1961, USBM IC-8013, P. 64-65. Deposit:: JAHNS, R. H., AND EWING, R. C., 1976, WMGS GUIDEBOOK, 27TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 263-276. Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA Production:: SCHILLING, J.H., 1960, NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 97-102.