Commodities
PrimaryMica
TertiaryFeldspar, Uranium, Thorium, REE
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formOTHER DIKE
Materials
Ore mineralsColumbite, Mica, Microcline, Monazite
GangueAlbite, Cleavelandite, Fluorite, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPegmatite · Ortega Quartzite
Associated rockPegmatite
StructureFault, Strikes N 60 W And Dips Very Steeply North Northeast, Offsets Pegmatite A Few Feet
AlterationAn Andesitic Dike Lies In The Fault Zone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1922
Last production1955
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10014267
MRDS IDD010967
Alternate namesFrances No. 2, Lyons, La Blanca
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.46032, -106.04419
References
JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 66JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 219-223REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 39LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO 87, P. 278-290MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATABINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 122-126