Commodities
PrimaryMica, Niobium (Columbium)
TertiaryFeldspar
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formOTHER DIKE
Materials
Ore mineralsCleavelandite, Columbite, Mica, Microcline
GangueAlbite, Apatite, Beryl, Fluorite, Quartz, Sericite, Spessartite
Geology
Host rockPegmatite · Ortega Quartzite
Associated rockPegmatite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1875
Last production1958
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10014266
MRDS IDD010964
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.44921, -106.04086
References
JUST, E., 1936, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 64-65JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 233-242REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 42-45LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P. 278BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P. 122-126MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA