Mine detail: Capitan Mine

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.48337, -106.0378
dep_id: 10014271
mrds_id: D010974
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Trace mineral: Uranium, Thorium, REE, Beryllium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Beryl, Mica, Monazite
gangue: Albite, Bismutite, Columbite, Fluorite, Garnet, Microcline, Quartz
orebody_fm: OTHER DIKE
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Ortega Quartzite
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Year first produced: 1675
yr_lst_prd: 1955
disc_yr: 1675
References:
  • Deposit:: JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 63-70
  • Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 190-192
  • 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. 190
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