New Mexico · Rio Arriba County
Past Producer

Joseph Mine

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States
Mica
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Description

Antonio Joseph, Ojo Caliente, Nm

Commodities
PrimaryMica
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formOTHER PLUG AND DIKE
Materials
GangueAlbite, Columbite, Fluorite, Garnet, Microcline, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPegmatite · Ortega Quartzite
Associated rockPegmatite
StructureEast End Of Dike Truncated By A North Trending, Steeply Dipping Fault.
Tectonic settingBrazos Uplift
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1900
Last production1965
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10101882
MRDS IDD010991
Alternate namesStar Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.32726, -106.05475
References
JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 65-68JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 265-275FILE, L. AND S.A., NORTHROP, 1966, NMBMMR CIRC. 84, P. 25BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P. 127WOODWARD, L.A., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 123-131NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAREDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 52