Mine detail: Sunnyside Mine

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.45421, -106.04891
dep_id: 10014268
mrds_id: D010968
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Minor mineral: Mica
Trace mineral: Feldspar, Uranium, Thorium, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Beryl, Fluorite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Mica, Microcline, Monazite
gangue: Apatite, Quartz, Topaz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Ortega Quartzite
hrock_type: Mica Schist
arock_type: Mica Schist
Year first produced: 1943
yr_lst_prd: 1955
disc_yr: 1943
discr: Juan Trujillo, La Madera, Nm
References:
  • Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 226
  • Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P.40
  • Deposit:: GRIFFITS, W.R., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P.200
  • Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P. 285-287
  • Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P. 123-124
  • Deposit:: MCLEMORE, VT., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25 AND REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013
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