The St. Christopher Columbite Placer is a tantalum, niobium (columbium), mica, and ree mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,051 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,051 Feet (2,454 Meters)
Commodity: Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Mica, REE
Lat, Long: 36.52361, -106.03611
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St. Christopher Columbite Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: St. Christopher Columbite Placer
Commodity
Primary: Tantalum
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Primary: Mica
Primary: REE
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Petaca District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: St. Christopher Mining And Milling Co. Of America
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OTHER DIKES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Mica
Ore: Monazite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Beryl
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION FOR MIDPOINT OF CLAIMS. THE PLACER CLAIMS MAY CONFLICT WITH OLDER LODE CLAIMS IN THE AREA.
Comment (Deposit): THE PLACER DEPOSITS ARE DERIVED FROM THREE DEEPLY ERODED PEGMATITES. THE PEGMATITES ARE THE MARY, WERNER AND ETTER. SEE JAHNS (1946) AND REDMON (1961) FOR A COMPLETE GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARTZITE
References
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91
Reference (Deposit): WOODWARD, L.A., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 123.
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013
Reference (Deposit): JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25
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