Commodities
PrimaryMica
TertiaryThorium, Feldspar, Uranium, REE
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formOTHER DIKE
Materials
Ore mineralsMica, Microcline, Monazite
GangueAlbite, Beryl, Bismutite, Columbite, Fluorite, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPegmatite · Ortega Quartzite
Associated rockPegmatite
Tectonic settingBrazos Uplift
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1885
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10107996
MRDS IDD010980
Alternate namesKiawa Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.58865, -106.07141
References
JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL, NO. 13, P. 67JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL NO. 25, P. 106-115REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 8WOODWARD, L.A., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 127MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATABINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 118-121JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25 AND REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013