The North Cribbenville Mine is a mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,700 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,700 Feet (2,347 Meters)
Commodity: Mica
Lat, Long: 36.48306, -106.03333
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North Cribbenville Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Cribbenville Mine
Secondary: Old Cribbenville
Secondary: Cribbens
Secondary: Ajax
Commodity
Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Petaca District: Cribbenville 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: Minerals Engineering Co. (Meco)
Home Office: Grand Junction, Co.
Production
Year: 1945
Time Period: 1650 To 1945
Material type: MIC
Description: Cp_Grade: ^40,000 Lbs Stove, 20,000 Lbs Sheet, 1500 Tons Scrap
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1650
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1650
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: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Mica
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Columbite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Spessartite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Beryl
Gangue: Bismutite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1600'S
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE SEVERAL PITS, OPEN CUTS, STOPES AND AN INCLINE.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARTZITE.
Comment (Location): LOCATION ACCURATE FOR SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): NO ACCURATE PRODUCTION RECORDS WERE KEPT. THE DATES LISTED ABOVE ARE ESTIMATED DATES. THIS IS THE OLDEST MINE IN THE DISTRICT.
Comment (Development): THIS MINE WAS FIRST WORKED BY THE EARLY SPANISH SETTLERS. IT IS REPUTED TO BE THE OLDEST MINE IN THE PETACA DISTRICT.
Comment (Deposit): THERE IS ANOTHER DIKE SOUTH AND IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE MAIN DIKE. IT IS 225 FT LONG, 30 FT WIDE AND APPEARS TO PLUNGE WEST. IT WAS WORKED AROUND 1885 BUT SHOWS NO POTENTIAL AT THE PRESENT TIME. (JAHNS, 1946)
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: CRIBBENVILLE GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR, BULL. NO. 91, P. 122
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 25, P. 193
Reference (Deposit): JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL NO. 13, P. 63-70
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL NO. 25, P. 193-195
Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 33
Reference (Deposit): LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P. 278
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