Mine detail: Alma Deposit

Previously called 'Kansas City'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long: 36.54643, -106.06447

Resource(B)

Primary: Mica, Beryllium
Tertiary: Feldspar, Uranium, REE, Thorium
Ore: Beryl, Columbite, Mica, Microcline, Monazite
Gangue: Fluorite, Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form: OTHER SILL
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1900
Last production ended: 1943

Geology

Host rock:Ortega Quartzite
Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Pegmatite
Structure:A Ne (?) Trending Fault Approximately 250 Ft North Of The Pegmatite.

References

MRDSD010982
DEP10014277
Reference{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}
ReporterMurray, Diane