The Apache No. 2 Mine is a mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,166 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,166 Feet (2,489 Meters)
Commodity: Mica
Lat, Long: 36.50639, -106.05028
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Apache No. 2 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Apache No. 2 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mica
Secondary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Petaca District: La Jarita-Apache 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: Jean Hamilton Stiver
Home Office: 326 Grant Ave., Santa Fe, N.M.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1880
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
Analytical Data: BERYL ASSAYS 10.5 PERCENT BEO
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Mica
Ore: Bismutite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Microcline
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE APACHE NO. 2 SHAFTS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): JAHNS (1946) REPORTS PRODUCTION OF OVER 2,500 POUNDS THUMB-TRIMMED PLATE AND PUNCH MICA AND 80 TONS OF SCRAP MICA SINCE 1900. IN 1943 MORE THAN 100 POUNDS OF TRIMMED SHEET MICA, 15 TO 20 TONS OF SCRAP MICA AND NEARLY 100 POUNDS OF BISMUTITE WERE PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF THREE PEGMATITE DIKES - THE SOUTH SANDOVAL, NORTH SANDOVAL AND THE SANDOVAL EXTENSION. JAHNS (1946) GIVES A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF ALL THREE PEGMATITES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, PITS, STOPES AND ONE 75 FT SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARZITE.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: LA JARITA-APACHE GROUP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. 25, P. 162, REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 28
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 161-165
Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 28
Reference (Deposit): LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 278
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 121-122
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
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