Mine detail: Kiawa Mine

Previously called 'Kiawa Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.58865, -106.07141

Resource(B)

Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Thorium, Feldspar, Uranium, REE
Ore: Mica, Microcline, Monazite
Gangue: Albite, Beryl, Bismutite, Columbite, Fluorite, Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form: OTHER DIKE
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1885

Geology

Host rock:Ortega Quartzite
Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Pegmatite
Tectonic:Brazos Uplift

References

MRDSD010980
DEP10107996
Reference{Deposit:: JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL, NO. 13, P. 67}{Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL NO. 25, P. 106-115}{Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 8}{Deposit:: WOODWARD, L.A., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 127}{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 118-121}{Production:: JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25 AND REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013}
ReporterMurray, Diane