Mine detail: Persimmon Peak-Las Tablas Group

Previously called 'Mines: Alma Kansas CityCanary BirdEureka LomaMeadowSilver Spur Old EurekaHoyt-SewardLas Tablas'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.53587, -106.05586

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mica, Beryllium
Tertiary:	Feldspar, Uranium, REE, Thorium
Ore:	Beryl, Mica, Microcline, Monazite
Gangue:	Albite, Cleavelandite, Fluorite, Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form:	OTHER DIKES, SILLS AND PLUGS
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885

Geology

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

References

MRDS	D010981
DEP	10014276
Reference	{Deposit:: JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 67}{Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 118-128}{Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 14, 16, 18}{Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P. 121}{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. 118-128}
Reporter	Murray, Diane