Mine detail: Rabb Canyon Moonstone Pegmatites

Previously called 'Rattlesnake and Owl Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.88678, -107.84589

Resource(N)

Primary:	Gemstone
Ore:	Moonstone
Gangue:	Biotite, Cleavelandite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Quartz, Sanidine, Sphene
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1925

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:

Pegmatite

References

MRDS	TC36017
DEP	10062524
Reference	{Deposit:: CARTER, M.D., 1977, GEM MATERIALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 267-276.}{Deposit:: KELLY, V.C., AND BRANSON, O.T., 1947, SHALLOW, HIGH-TEMPERATURE PEGMATITES, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 42, NO. 8, P. 699-712.}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.