Mine detail: La Paloma Mine

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.46448, -106.02808
dep_id: 10014282
mrds_id: D010987
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Minor mineral: Feldspar
Trace mineral: Beryllium, Uranium, Thorium, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Beryl, Bismutite, Columbite, Mica, Microcline, Monazite
gangue: Fluorite, Garnet, Quartz
orebody_fm: OTHER DIKES
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Ortega Quartzite
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Year first produced: 1915
disc_yr: 1910
References:
  • Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 246-250
  • Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 46
  • Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 246-250.
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