Mine detail: South Kiawa Deposit

Previously called 'Kiawa Group'

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.5856, -106.07002
dep_id: 10014275
mrds_id: D010979
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Trace mineral: REE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Mica
gangue: Fluorite, Garnet
orebody_fm: OTHER DIKE
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Ortega Quartzite
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
tectonic: Brazos Uplift
yr_lst_prd: 1943
disc_yr: 1885
discr: Unknown
References:
  • Deposit:: JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 67-68
  • Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 115-117
  • Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 10
  • Deposit:: WOODWARD, L.A., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 127
  • Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 118-121
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