La Madera-Palomas Canyon Group

The La Madera-Palomas Canyon Group is a beryllium and mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,162 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

Name: La Madera-Palomas Canyon Group

State:  New Mexico

County:  Rio Arriba

Elevation: 7,162 Feet (2,183 Meters)

Commodity: Beryllium, Mica

Lat, Long: 36.43528, -106.01917

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La Madera-Palomas Canyon Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: La Madera-Palomas Canyon Group
Secondary: Mines: La Paloma Mine
Secondary: El Floto
Secondary: Aztec
Secondary: Peno Blanco
Secondary: Laura Crystal
Secondary: Quartzite
Secondary: Hidden Treasure
Secondary: Big Bug
Secondary: Ancon Ancone
Secondary: Ancen
Secondary: Salt Lick
Secondary: Paloma Canyon
Secondary: Lower Alamos Canyon
Secondary: Pineapple


Commodity

Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Mica
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1910
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, 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: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Beryl
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Mica
Ore: Microcline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Albite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: LA PALOMA MINE, PINEAPPLE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Workings): THERE ARE SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, TRENCHES, OPEN CUTS, SMALL ADITS AND RAISES THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

Comment (Geology): THESE DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARZITE.

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SW CORNER MARKER OF SEC. 32, T26N, R9E. THIS LOCALITY IS JUST NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE LA MADERA-PALOMA CANYON GROUP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Production): JAHNS (1946) AND REDMON (1961) GIVE PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR EACH MINE.

Comment (Development): JAHN (1946) AND REDMON (1961) LIST OWNER/OPERATORS FOR ALL OF THESE MINES AND PROSPECTS.

Comment (Deposit): THIS GROUP IS COMPOSED OF SEVERAL PEGMATITES ALONG THE LA MADERA CANYON NORTH OF LA MADERA, NM.


References

Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 46-50

Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 91, P. 126

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 AND REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013.

Reference (Deposit): JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 68-70

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 245-265


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