Commodities
PrimaryGemstone
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsMoonstone
GangueBiotite, Cleavelandite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Quartz, Sanidine, Sphene
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10062524
MRDS IDTC36017
Alternate namesRattlesnake and Owl Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates32.88678, -107.84589
References
CARTER, M.D., 1977, GEM MATERIALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 267-276.KELLY, V.C., AND BRANSON, O.T., 1947, SHALLOW, HIGH-TEMPERATURE PEGMATITES, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 42, NO. 8, P. 699-712.