The Globe Mine is a niobium (columbium) and mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,470 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,470 Feet (2,277 Meters)
Commodity: Niobium (Columbium), Mica
Lat, Long: 36.44917, -106.04028
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Globe Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Globe Mine
Commodity
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Feldspar
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Petaca District: Alamos Group
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Continental Mine Products Co.
Home Office: La Madera, N.M.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OTHER DIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Microcline
Ore: Cleavelandite
Ore: Mica
Ore: Columbite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Beryl
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Spessartite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Development): THE GLOBE MINE IS THE ONLY PATENTED LODE CLAIM IN THE PETACA DISTRICT. THE US MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER IS 1818 AND THE PATENT NUMBER IS 874492.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ONE PEGMATITE DIKE. THE CLAIM AREA COVERED BY PATENT IS 20.66 ACRES. THE MINERAL SURVEY NO. IS 1818 AND THE PATENT NUMBER IS 874492.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF FIVE SHAFTS, SEVERAL STOPES, TWO MAJOR DRIFTS , AND SEVERAL SURFACE OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARTZITE.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: ALAMOS GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): JUST, E., 1936, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 64-65
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 233-242
Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 42-45
Reference (Deposit): LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P. 278
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P. 122-126
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