Mine detail: Sunnyside Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.45421, -106.04891

Resource(B)

Primary: Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Mica
Tertiary: Feldspar, Uranium, Thorium, REE
Ore: Beryl, Fluorite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Mica, Microcline, Monazite
Gangue: Apatite, Quartz, Topaz
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1943

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1943
Last production ended: 1955

Geology

Host rock:Ortega Quartzite
Host type:Mica Schist
Associated type:Mica Schist

References

MRDSD010968
DEP10014268
Reference{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}
ReporterMurray, Diane