Mine detail: Lonesome Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

36.5256, -106.05252

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mica
Secondary:	Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
Tertiary:	Uranium, Bismuth, Thorium, REE
Ore:	Beryl, Bismutite, Columbite, Monazite, Muscovite, Tantalite
Gangue:	Albite, Fluorite, Garnet, Microcline, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1932
Last production ended:	1943

Geology

Host rock:	Petaca Schist
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Pegmatite

References

MRDS	D010749
DEP	10014110
Reference	{Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 137-143, PLATE 9}{Deposit:: BARKER, F., 1958 NMBMMR BULL 45, P. 34, PLATE 1}{Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 121}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 138 AND NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.}
Reporter	Menzie, David