Mine detail: North Cribbenville Mine

Previously called 'Old CribbenvilleCribbensAjax'

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.4831, -106.03391
dep_id: 10101881
mrds_id: D010973
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Trace mineral: Uranium, Thorium, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Columbite, Mica, Monazite
gangue: Albite, Beryl, Bismutite, Fluorite, Garnet, Microcline, Quartz, Spessartite
orebody_fm: OTHER DIKE
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Ortega Quartzite
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Year first produced: 1650
yr_lst_prd: 1955
disc_yr: 1650
References:
  • 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
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