Mine detail: Apache Mine

Previously called 'Apache No. 1PorterBlue'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.50448, -106.05169

Resource(B)

Primary:	Beryllium, Mica
Tertiary:	Uranium, Bismuth, Thorium, REE
Ore:	Bismutite, Mica, Monazite
Gangue:	Albite, Columbite, Fluorite, Garnet, Magnetite, Microcline, Quartz
Orebody form:	OTHER DIKES
Other material:	Beryl
Discovery year:	1845

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1845
Last production ended:	1962

Geology

Host rock:	Ortega Quartzite
Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	There Is A Fault On The Southwest Slope Of The Ridge Which Strikes North-Northwest.

References

MRDS	D010984
DEP	10014279
Reference	{Deposit:: JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL 13, P. 64}{Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 165-170}{Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 29}{Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 278}{Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 121-122}{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF -183}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: HOLMQUIST, RAY J., 1947., USBM RI-4037}{Production:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 29; JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 165}
Reporter	Murray, Diane