Mine detail: Cribbenville Mine

Previously called 'New CribbenvilleNavidadEl Capitan'

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.48282, -106.03558
dep_id: 10087941
mrds_id: D010972
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Trace mineral: Uranium, Thorium, REE, Feldspar
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Columbite, Mica, Microcline, Monazite
gangue: Albite, Beryl, Cleavelandite, Fluorite, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz, Spessartite
orebody_fm: OTHER DIKE
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Ortega Quartzite
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_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.
Year first produced: 1675
yr_lst_prd: 1955
disc_yr: 1675
References:
  • 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
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