The Fridlund Mine is a mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,861 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,861 Feet (2,396 Meters)
Commodity: Mica
Lat, Long: 36.49278, -106.03694
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Fridlund Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fridlund Mine
Secondary: Blue Eagle No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Mica
Secondary: Niobium (Columbium)
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Thorium
Secondary: REE
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Petaca District: Cribbenville 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: Minerals Engineering Co. (Meco)
Home Office: Grand Junction, Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1920
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1950
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 OPEN TROUGH
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Mica
Ore: Columbite
Ore: Monazite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Beryl
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Bismuthinite
Gangue: Bismutite
Comments
Comment (Workings): JAHNS (1946) REPORTS WORKINGS CONSISTING OF TWO OPEN PITS, TWO ADITS, AND SEVERAL SMALL CUTS. THE MAIN PIT IS 63 FT LONG, 15-30 FT WIDE, AND 30 FT DEEP. THE SMALLER PIT IS 28 FT LONG, 23 FT WIDE, AND 30 FT DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: CRIBBENVILLE GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARTZITE.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE MAIN PIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): JAHNS ALSO REPORTS PRODUCTION DURING 1920 TO 1925 OF SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS BISMUTITE, AND PROBABLY AS MUCH AS 5,000 POUNDS OF COLUMBITE, SAMARSKITE AND MONAZITE.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT LOOKS LIKE A BOOMERANG IN PLAN VIEW. THE BROAD WEST LIMB TRENDS EAST-WEST AND DIPS STEEPLY SOUTH. THE NARROW SOUTH LIMB STRIKES N 15 E AND DIPS STEEPLY WEST.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO.13, P.63-70
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 180-183
Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P.33
Reference (Deposit): LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P.278
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P.122
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 181
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