Mine detail: El Fidel Beryl Deposit

Previously called 'Fidel Deposit'

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.01672, -105.77724
dep_id: 10014284
mrds_id: D010989
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Garnet, Magnetite, Microcline, Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: OTHER DIKE
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Ortega Quartzite
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Year first produced: 1957
yr_lst_prd: 1958
disc_yr: 1957
discr: Phillip Fidel, Santa Fe, Nm
References:
  • Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 55-58
  • Deposit:: FILE, L. AND S.A. NORTHROP, 1966, NMBMMR CIRC. 84
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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