The Lonesome is a niobium (columbium), mica, tantalum, bismuth, feldspar, and beryllium mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,104 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,104 Feet (2,470 Meters)
Commodity: Niobium (Columbium), Mica, Tantalum, Bismuth, Feldspar, Beryllium
Lat, Long: 36.5256, -106.05190
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Lonesome MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lonesome
Secondary: Beryl
Commodity
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Primary: Mica
Primary: Tantalum
Primary: Bismuth
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Beryllium
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: El Nido Mica Co.
Percent: 35.00
Info Year: 1942
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-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): P 67 1937
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH E.W. GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR BERYL AND COLUM-
Reference (Deposit): JUST EVAN PEGMATITES, TAOS, RIO ARRIBA NMBM BULL. 13
Reference (Deposit): 121
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY, RIO ARRIBA NMBM BULL. 91 1968 P 117,
Reference (Deposit): P 19, 21-22
Reference (Deposit): REDMON D.E. RECONNAISSANCE, PEGMATITE USBM I.C. 8013 1961
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 25 1946 P 137- 143
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS R.H. MICA DEPOSITS OF THE PETACA DISTRICT, RIO ARRIBA
Reference (Deposit): AS THE "BERY PROSPECT"
Reference (Deposit): MAY BE DEPOSIT DESCRIBED BY JUST (NMBM BULL. 13, 1937, P66)
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