Mine detail: Fridlund Mine

Previously called 'Blue Eagle No. 1'

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.49282, -106.03752
dep_id: 10014269
mrds_id: D010970
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Minor mineral: Niobium (Columbium), Uranium, Thorium, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Columbite, Mica, Monazite
gangue: Albite, Beryl, Bismuthinite, Bismutite, Fluorite, Garnet, Microcline, Quartz
orebody_fm: OTHER OPEN TROUGH
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Ortega Quartzite
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Year first produced: 1920
yr_lst_prd: 1958
disc_yr: 1950
References:
  • Deposit:: JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO.13, P.63-70
  • Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 180-183
  • Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P.33
  • Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P.278
  • Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P.122
  • Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 181
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