Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium, Mica
TertiaryThorium, REE, Uranium, Feldspar
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formOTHER DIKES, SILLS AND PLUGS
Materials
Ore mineralsBeryl, Mica, Microcline, Monazite
GangueAlbite, Cleavelandite, Fluorite, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPegmatite · Ortega Quartzite
Associated rockPegmatite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1885
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10014276
MRDS IDD010981
Alternate namesMines: Alma Kansas City, Canary Bird, Eureka Loma, Meadow, Silver Spur Old Eureka, Hoyt-Seward, Las Tablas
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.53587, -106.05586
References
JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 67JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 118-128REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 14, 16, 18BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P. 121MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAJAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 118-128