Mine detail: North Cribbenville Mine

Previously called 'Old CribbenvilleCribbensAjax'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.4831, -106.03391

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mica
Tertiary:	Uranium, Thorium, REE
Ore:	Columbite, Mica, Monazite
Gangue:	Albite, Beryl, Bismutite, Fluorite, Garnet, Microcline, Quartz, Spessartite
Orebody form:	OTHER DIKE
Discovery year:	1650

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1650
Last production ended:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Ortega Quartzite
Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite

References

MRDS	D010973
DEP	10101881
Reference	{Deposit:: JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL NO. 13, P. 63-70}{Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL NO. 25, P. 193-195}{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. 193}
Reporter	Murray, Diane