Blasted Pine Claim

The Blasted Pine Claim is a ree, thorium, and niobium (columbium) mine located in Colfax county, New Mexico.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Blasted Pine Claim

Commodity

Primary: REE
Primary: Thorium
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Strontium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Colfax
District: Laughlin Peak And Chico Hills Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: E. B. Humphries
Home Office: Raton, Nm.
Years: 1950 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Raton Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR VEINS AND SEAMS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Phonolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Phonolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Allanite
Ore: Svanbergite
Ore: Barite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ZONE IS 2 TO 3 FT. THICK.

Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE SECTION.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE PIT ABOUT 18 FT. DEEP.

Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE CONTAINS UP TO 0.6 PER CENT NB, LIES BELOW THICK PHONOLITE SILL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): WOOD, G.H., JR., NORTHROP, S.A., AND GRIGGS, R.L., 1953 USGS OIL AND GAS INV. MAP OM-141

Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., AND ADAMS, J.W., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 230-237

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M., 1958 USGS TRACE ELEMENTS INVESTIGATIONS REPORT 230, 4 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): PARKER, R.L., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 290-294

Reference (Deposit): PARKER, R. L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE U. S., U. S. G. S. MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR - 36

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