Mine detail: Cribbenville Mine

Previously called 'New CribbenvilleNavidadEl Capitan'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.48282, -106.03558

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mica
Tertiary:	Uranium, Thorium, REE, Feldspar
Ore:	Columbite, Mica, Microcline, Monazite
Gangue:	Albite, Beryl, Cleavelandite, Fluorite, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz, Spessartite
Orebody form:	OTHER DIKE
Discovery year:	1675

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1675
Last production ended:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Ortega Quartzite
Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Shearing Is Common Along The Pegmatite Borders. There Are Two Well-Defined Joint Sets And Several Minor Sets. The First Joint Set Trends Parallel With The Elongation Of The Main Dike And Dips Very Steeply. The Second Set With Similar Trend Dips Gently To Moderately South.

References

MRDS	D010972
DEP	10087941
Reference	{Deposit:: JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 63-70}{Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL NO. 25, P. 195-205}{Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 33}{Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P. 278}{Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR, BULL. NO. 91, P. 122}{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 197}
Reporter	Murray, Diane