Mine detail: Lonesome Mine

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.5256, -106.05252
dep_id: 10014110
mrds_id: D010749
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Minor mineral: Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
Trace mineral: Uranium, Bismuth, Thorium, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Beryl, Bismutite, Columbite, Monazite, Muscovite, Tantalite
gangue: Albite, Fluorite, Garnet, Microcline, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSE
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Petaca Schist
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Year first produced: 1932
yr_lst_prd: 1943
References:
  • 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.
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