The Rocking Chair Mine is a beryllium and mica mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,959 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,959 Feet (2,426 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium, Mica
Lat, Long: 35.99556, -105.80972
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Rocking Chair Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rocking Chair Mine
Secondary: Claims: Rockin' Chair No. 1-19.
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Mica
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ray O. Burch And George A. Wirz
Home Office: Lubbock, Tx.
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1955
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
Type: L
Description: Pegmatite Dike
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
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
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Mica
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Albite
Comments
Comment (Development): THE PRESENT CLAIMS WERE LOCATED BY F. CORDOVA, ET AL., OF CORDOVA, NM IN 1955. THE CLAIMS WERE PROBABLY WORKED PREVIOUS TO THAT.
Comment (Deposit): THE BERYL AND MICA OCCURRED MAINLY AT THE OUTER EDGE OF THE INNER CORE OF A PEGMATITE DIKE THAT INTRUDED PRECAMBRIAN SCHISTS AND GNEISSES. THE MAIN DIKE ON THE PROPERTY RANGES FROM 20 TO 60 FEET IN WIDTH AND IS ABOUT 800 FEET LONG, STRIKING N 85 E AND DIPPING STEEPLY SOUTH. THE OUTER ZONE IS COMPRISED OF FINE TO MEDIUM-GRAINED QUARTZ, MICROCLINE, ALBITE AND MUSCOVITE. THE INNER ZONE IS SIGNIFICANTLY COARSER QUARTZ, MICROCLINE AND PLATY ALBITE. THE QUARTZ IN THE INNER ZONE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR MASSES 2 TO 3 FEET IN DIAMETER. THE MICA RARELY EXCEEDS 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER, IS SUITABLE ONLY FOR SCRAP, AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE MORE THAN ABOUT 1 PERCENT OF THE PEGMATITE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SURFACE PITS.
Comment (Geology): THE PRECAMBRIAN PEGMATITES HAVE NO FORMAL NAME.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE (WITHIN 25 FEET) OF THE COMMON CORNER OF ROCKIN' CHAIR NO. 2,3,15, AND 16 CLAIMS. THERE IS NO UTM GRID IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): APPROXIMATELY 600 POUNDS OF BERYL WAS RECOVERED BY HAND-SORTING FROM PEGMATITE AT THE DISCOVERY PIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 288
Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 58-59
Reference (Deposit): USGS, ET AL., 1980, USGS OFR 80-382, P. 99-100
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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