The Persimmon Peak-Las Tablas Group is a mica and beryllium mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,399 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: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Mica, Beryllium
Lat, Long: 36.53583, -106.05528
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Persimmon Peak-Las Tablas Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Persimmon Peak-Las Tablas Group
Secondary: Mines: Alma Kansas City
Secondary: Canary Bird
Secondary: Eureka Loma
Secondary: Meadow
Secondary: Silver Spur Old Eureka
Secondary: Hoyt-Seward
Secondary: Las Tablas
Commodity
Primary: Mica
Primary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Feldspar
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Petaca District
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1885
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 DIKES, SILLS AND PLUGS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Mica
Ore: Microcline
Gangue: Cleavelandite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS GROUP OF PEGMATITES LIES IN A NARROW NE-TRENDING ZONE TWO MILES LONG CENTERED ONE MILE WEST-SOUTHWEST OF LAS TABLAS, NM.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE COMMON CORNER MARKER OF SECS. 24, 25 AND 26. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): JAHNS GIVES A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTION FROM EACH MINE. MOST TONNAGES ARE VAGUELY ESTIMATED.
Comment (Development): SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE OWNED AND OPERATED THESE MINES. JAHNS (1946) AND REDMON (1961) LIST OWNERS/OPERATORS FOR INDIVIDUAL MINES AND PROSPECTS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES, LARGE OPEN CUTS, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND SMALL RAISES.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARTZITE.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: ALMA DEPOSIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Production): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 118-128
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P. 121
Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 14, 16, 18
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 118-128
Reference (Deposit): JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 67
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