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New Mexico
Rio Arriba
Previously called 'Kansas City'
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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
MRDS
D010982
DEP
10014277
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}
Reporter
Murray, Diane