Mine detail: Red Mine

Previously called 'PeacockFrances No. 1'

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.45198, -106.03836
dep_id: 10087939
mrds_id: D010965
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Mica
gangue: Columbite, Fluorite, Garnet, Microcline, Monazite, Quartz
orebody_fm: OTHER DIKE
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Ortega Quartzite
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Year first produced: 1927
yr_lst_prd: 1960
disc_yr: 1925
References:
  • Deposit:: JUST, E., 1936, NMBMMR BULL, NO. 13, P. 66
  • Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL, NO. 25, P. 228-233
  • Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 41
  • Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
  • Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 122-126
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