The White Mine is a mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,631 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,631 Feet (2,326 Meters)
Commodity: Mica
Lat, Long: 36.46028, -106.04361
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White Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Mine
Secondary: Lyons
Secondary: La Blanca
Secondary: Frances No. 2
Commodity
Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Feldspar
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE
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: Columbium Mining And Milling Co., Inc.
Home Office: La Madera, N.M.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1922
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1925
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
Type: L
Description: Fault, Strikes N 60 W And Dips Very Steeply North Northeast, Offsets Pegmatite A Few Feet
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: An Andesitic Dike Lies In The Fault Zone
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: Monazite
Ore: Mica
Ore: Columbite
Ore: Microcline
Gangue: Cleavelandite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
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
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1920'S
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR PORTAL OF ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Reserve-Resource): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013
Comment (Production): REDMON ALSO REPORTS "SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS" OF SCRAP MICA PRODUCED FROM 1922 TO 1943.
Comment (Deposit): THE PEGMATITE IS DISTINCTLY ZONED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN CUTS, A DECLINE, ADIT, AND SEVERAL STOPES.
References
Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 39
Reference (Deposit): LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO 87, P. 278-290
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 122-126
Reference (Deposit): JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 66
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 219-223
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