Mine detail: Big Rock Kyanite Mine

Previously called 'Raymond Kyanite Prospect 1950 Or Big Rock Mine 1928: ClaimsRaymond Nos. 1, 2, and 3'

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.54337, -106.07947
dep_id: 10069797
mrds_id: W007486
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Kyanite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Kyanite
orebody_fm: LENSE
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Espenshade, Gilbert H., Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Ortega Quartzite;Kiawa Mountain Formation-Quartzite, Amphibolite, Conglomerate
hrock_type: Quartzite,Mica Schist,Rhyolite
arock_unit: Burned Mountain Metarhyolite Intrusive
arock_type: Rhyolite
Year first produced: 1928
yr_lst_prd: 1928
References:
  • Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 128-131
  • Deposit:: COREY, A.F., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 47, P. 28-33, PLATES 1, 2, 3, AND 4
  • Deposit:: BARKER, F., 1958 NMBMMR BULL 45, 104 PAGES, PLATE 1
  • Deposit:: JUST, E., 1937 NMBMMR BULL 13, P. 69
  • Deposit:: TALMAGE, S.B., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1937 NMBMMR BULL 12, P. 138
  • Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 261
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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