Commodities
PrimaryREE
SecondaryThorium, Uranium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSE
Materials
Ore mineralsEuxenite
GangueFeldspar, Fluorite, Garnet, Magnetite, Mica, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Associated rockGranite · Burro Mountain Granite
StructurePegmatites Occur Along A N 40 W Trending Alignment And Elongation Of The Individual Pegmatites Is Parallel Or Subparallel To The Trend Of The Alignment.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10010003
MRDS IDD003340
Alternate namesSouth and North Pegmatite Deposits
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.45512, -108.50812
References
HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPSGILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 127BOYD, F. S. JR. AND WOLFE, H. D., 1953, RECENT INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES IN SIERRA, DONA ANA, AND HIDALGO COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: IN NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 4TH FIELD CONF., SW NEW MEXICO, P. 141-142HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035