Mine detail: Apache Mine

Previously called 'Apache No. 1PorterBlue'

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.50448, -106.05169
dep_id: 10014279
mrds_id: D010984
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Beryllium, Mica
Trace mineral: Uranium, Bismuth, Thorium, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bismutite, Mica, Monazite
gangue: Albite, Columbite, Fluorite, Garnet, Magnetite, Microcline, Quartz
other_matl: Beryl
orebody_fm: OTHER DIKES
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Ortega Quartzite
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: There Is A Fault On The Southwest Slope Of The Ridge Which Strikes North-Northwest.
Year first produced: 1845
yr_lst_prd: 1962
disc_yr: 1845
References:
  • 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
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