The Pino Verde Mine is a mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Mica
Lat, Long: 36.48806, -106.03444
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Pino Verde Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pino Verde Mine
Secondary: Luna
Commodity
Primary: Mica
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Thorium
Secondary: Bismuth
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: 1922
Year Last Production: 1945
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 DIKE
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: Monazite
Ore: Bismutite
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Columbite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF AT LEAST FOUR CUTS. THE LARGEST CUT IS 50 FT LONG, 7-12 FT WIDE, AND 12 FT DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): THE EAST END OF THE DEPOSIT HAS A THICK HOOK-LIKE BEND FROM WHICH SEVERAL SMALL DIKES PROJECT, AT LEAST TWO OF WHICH ALSO HAVE HOOKLIKE BENDS.
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 IS ACCURATE FOR THE LARGEST OPEN CUT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION DURING 1922 TO 1925 AMOUNTED TO A FEW TONS OF SCRAP MICA AND A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS OF MONAZITE (JAHNS, 1946).
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. 183-186
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, F.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 NO. 25, P. 183-186
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