Mine detail: Apache No. 2 Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

36.50643, -106.05086

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mica
Secondary:	Bismuth
Tertiary:	Beryllium, Uranium, Thorium, REE
Ore:	Beryl, Bismutite, Mica, Monazite
Gangue:	Albite, Fluorite, Garnet, Microcline, Quartz
Orebody form:	OTHER DIKE
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1965

Geology

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

References

MRDS	D010985
DEP	10014280
Reference	{Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 161-165}{Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 28}{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, APPENDIX 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. 25, P. 162, REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 28}
Reporter	Murray, Diane