The Fish Beryl Claims is a beryllium mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,350 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,350 Feet (2,850 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium
Lat, Long: 36.02806, -105.69722
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Fish Beryl Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fish Beryl Claims
Secondary: Fish Claims
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Nambe 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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: E. L. Rivers
Home Office: Santa Fe, N.M.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1957
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1957
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 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
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM REDMON'S MAP AND DIRECTIONS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): REDMON (1961) REPORTS THAT 1,300 POUNDS OF BERYL WAS SOLD TO THE G.S.A. IN CUSTER, S.D. AND THE REMAINDER WAS RETAINED FOR SPECIMENS.
Comment (Development): MR. RIVERS PRODUCED 1500 POUNDS OF BERYL IN 1957.
Comment (Deposit): PEGMATITE POORLY EXPOSED, BUT IS TRACEABLE FOR 60 FEET ALONG THE STRIKE.
Comment (Workings): FACE DEPTH OF WORKINGS IS 15 FT.
Comment (Geology): A 4-FOOT-WIDE MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ CORE IS BOUNDED ON EACH SIDE BY 3-FOOT-WIDE ZONES OF FRACTURED AND WEATHERED FELDSPARS. PALE-GREEN EUHEDRAL BERYL IS FOUND WITH THE FELDSPAR ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE QUARTZ CORE.
References
Reference (Production): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 56
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FILE, L., AND S.A. NORTHROP, 1966, NMBMMR CIRC. 84
Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 55-57
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