Mine detail: Pino Verde Mine

Previously called 'Luna'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.4881, -106.03502

Resource(B)

Primary: Mica
Secondary: Uranium, Thorium, Bismuth
Ore: Bismutite, Mica, Monazite
Gangue: Columbite, Fluorite, Garnet, Microcline, Quartz
Orebody form: OTHER DIKE
Discovery year: 1950

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1922
Last production ended: 1945

Geology

Host rock:Ortega Quartzite
Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Pegmatite

References

MRDSD010975
DEP10014272
Reference{Deposit:: JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 63-70}{Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 183-186}{Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 33}{Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P. 278}{Deposit:: BINGLER, F.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 NO. 25, P. 183-186}
ReporterMurray, Diane