Mine detail: Pidlite Pegmatite Mine

Previously called 'Mine: Lepidolite No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.87033, -105.49084

Resource(B)

Primary: Lithium, Tantalum
Secondary: Rubidium, Mica
Tertiary: Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium)
Ore: Beryl, Lepidolite, Mica, Microlite
Gangue: Albite, Amblygonite, Apatite, Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz, Spessartite, Topaz
Orebody form: DIKES
Discovery year: 1935

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Pegmatite
Structure:Pecos - Picuris Fault
Tectonic:Sangre De Cristo Uplift

References

MRDSD011789
DEP10014821
Reference{Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 70-71}{Deposit:: SHEFFER, H.W. AND GOLDSMITH, L.A., 1969, NMBMMR MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 2, 15 P.}{Deposit:: USGS, ET AL., 1980, USGS OFR 80-382, P. 78-80}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
ReporterMurray, Diane