Nambe Mine

The Nambe Mine is a mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,671 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Nambe Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Rio Arriba

Elevation: 7,671 Feet (2,338 Meters)

Commodity: Mica

Lat, Long: 36.48056, -106.03333

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Nambe Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Nambe Mine
Secondary: Turkey Track
Secondary: Nambi


Commodity

Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: 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: 1845
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1845
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: Bismutite
Ore: Mica
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Columbite
Gangue: Beryl
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Albite


Comments

Comment (Workings): JAHNS (1946) REPORTS WORKINGS CONSISTING OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, AT LEAST TWO NARROW INCLINES, SOME STOPES AND A 65 FT SHAFT.

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARTZITE.

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: CRIBBENVILLE GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): LOCATION ACCURATE FOR THE RABAUL SHAFT. THIS MINE IS THE SOUTHERNMOST IN THE CRIBBENVILLE GROUP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Deposit): JAHNS (1946) REPORTS THE DIKE IS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1840'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.208-212

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.208


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