New Mexico · Rio Arriba County
Past Producer

North Cribbenville Mine

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States
MicaUraniumThoriumREE
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Commodities
PrimaryMica
TertiaryUranium, Thorium, REE
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formOTHER DIKE
Materials
Ore mineralsColumbite, Mica, Monazite
GangueAlbite, Beryl, Bismutite, Fluorite, Garnet, Microcline, Quartz, Spessartite
Geology
Host rockPegmatite · Ortega Quartzite
Associated rockPegmatite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1650
Last production1955
Discovery year1650
Identification
Deposit ID10101881
MRDS IDD010973
Alternate namesOld Cribbenville, Cribbens, Ajax
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.4831, -106.03391
References
JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL NO. 13, P. 63-70JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL NO. 25, P. 193-195REDMON, 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. 193