Mine detail: Great Western Mine

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Location: Mora County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.96311, -105.31222
dep_id: 10014846
mrds_id: D011901
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Muscovite
gangue: Garnet, Microcline, Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: OTHER: DIKE
ore_ctrl: Pegmatite Dike
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
tectonic: Sangre De Cristo Uplift
Year first produced: 1949
yr_lst_prd: 1952
disc_yr: 1949
discr: Great Western Mining Co.
References:
  • Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 68-69
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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