Mine detail: North and South Pegmatite Deposits

Previously called 'South and North Pegmatite Deposits'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.45512, -108.50812

Resource(M)

Primary:	REE
Secondary:	Thorium, Uranium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
Ore:	Euxenite
Gangue:	Feldspar, Fluorite, Garnet, Magnetite, Mica, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated rock:	Burro Mountain Granite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Pegmatites Occur Along A N 40 W Trending Alignment And Elongation Of The Individual Pegmatites Is Parallel Or Subparallel To The Trend Of The Alignment.

References

MRDS	D003340
DEP	10010003
Reference	{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 127}{Deposit:: BOYD, F. S. JR. AND WOLFE, H. D., 1953, RECENT INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES IN SIERRA, DONA ANA, AND HIDALGO COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: IN NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 4TH FIELD CONF., SW NEW MEXICO, P. 141-142}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035}
Reporter	Lawrence, V. A., Menzie, David