Mine detail: La Jarita-Apache Group

Previously called 'Mines: La JaritaLone Wolf Silver DollarVestegardVeseley El Contento St JosephLonesomeMica Lode ConsolationNorth Miller Mary Mary No. 1Mary No. 2Etter WernerDe Aragon El CaminoConquistador AugustaWyomingKeystone-WesternMaulsby AliciaSilver PlateNavajo SummitHighlandJeanene No. 5 Coyote CaliforniaApache No. 2 Old Black HorseKentucky SandovalApache Apache No 1Pinos AltosPrince KingQueenCoats AmericanBluebird'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.50448, -106.05169

Resource(B)

Primary: Mica, Beryllium, Feldspar
Secondary: Niobium (Columbium), Thorium, Uranium, REE
Tertiary: Bismuth
Ore: Beryl, Bismutite, Mica, Microcline, Monazite
Gangue: Albite, Cleavelandite, Fluorite, Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form: OTHER DIKES
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1850
Last production ended: 1965

Geology

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

References

MRDSD010983
DEP10014278
Reference{Deposit:: JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL 13, P. 64-70}{Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 128-179}{Deposit:: BARKER, F., 1958, NMBMMR BULL 45}{Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 16-33}{Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1965, NUBMMR BULL 87, P. 278}{Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 121-122}{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF - 183, APPENDIX 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL PILE DATA}{Production:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 128-179; REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 16-33}
ReporterMurray, Diane