The Coates Tunnel is a mica and niobium (columbium) mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,523 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
Elevation: 7,523 Feet (2,293 Meters)
Commodity: Mica, Niobium (Columbium)
Lat, Long: 36.5044, -106.02310
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Coates Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coates Tunnel
Secondary: American
Secondary: Coats
Commodity
Primary: Mica
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: G. And M Co., Ltd
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1971
Owner Name: Ross Martinez
Info Year: 1971
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM PRELIM. WAR MINERALS REPORT. JAN. 1943
Reference (Deposit): 13 1937 P 66- 67
Reference (Deposit): OF TAOS AND RIO ARRIBA COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BUL 740 STERRETT D.B. 1923 P. 161
Reference (Deposit): OUTLOOK E AND MJ VOL. 149 NO. 5 MAY 1948 P. 97-98
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS R.H. MILLING IMPROVES NORTHERN NEW MEXICO SCRAP MICA
Reference (Deposit): BITE ECO. GEO: VOL. 57 1962 P 618
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH E.W. GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR BERYL AND COLUM-
Reference (Deposit): NMBM MINES INDEX
Reference (Deposit): NM STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S OFFICE: NEW REGISTRATIONS (1971)
Reference (Deposit): JUST,EVAN GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC FEATURES OF THE PEGMATITES
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 91 1968 P 121
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA
Reference (Deposit): 32- 33
Reference (Deposit): IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO USBM I.C. 8013 1961 P 19,
Reference (Deposit): REDMON D.E. RECONNAISSANCE OF SELECTED PEGMATITE DISTRICTS
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 25 1946 P 174- 176
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS R.H. MICA DEPOSITS OF THE PETACA DISTRICT, RIO ARRIBA
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