Mine detail: Alma Deposit

Previously called 'Kansas City'

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.54643, -106.06447
dep_id: 10014277
mrds_id: D010982
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica, Beryllium
Trace mineral: Feldspar, Uranium, REE, Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Beryl, Columbite, Mica, Microcline, Monazite
gangue: Fluorite, Garnet, Quartz
orebody_fm: OTHER SILL
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Ortega Quartzite
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: A Ne (?) Trending Fault Approximately 250 Ft North Of The Pegmatite.
Year first produced: 1900
yr_lst_prd: 1943
disc_yr: 1900
discr: Standard Mica Company
References:
  • Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 125-128
  • Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 18
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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