Commodities
PrimaryMica
SecondaryNiobium (Columbium), Uranium, Thorium, REE
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formOTHER OPEN TROUGH
Materials
Ore mineralsColumbite, Mica, Monazite
GangueAlbite, Beryl, Bismuthinite, Bismutite, Fluorite, Garnet, Microcline, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPegmatite · Ortega Quartzite
Associated rockPegmatite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1920
Last production1958
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10014269
MRDS IDD010970
Alternate namesBlue Eagle No. 1
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.49282, -106.03752
References
JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO.13, P.63-70JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 180-183REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P.33LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P.278BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P.122MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAJAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 181