White Mine

The White Mine is a mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,631 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: White Mine
Secondary: Lyons
Secondary: La Blanca
Secondary: Frances No. 2

Commodity

Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Feldspar
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Petaca District: Alamos 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: Columbium Mining And Milling Co., Inc.
Home Office: La Madera, N.M.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1922
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1925
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: Fault, Strikes N 60 W And Dips Very Steeply North Northeast, Offsets Pegmatite A Few Feet

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: An Andesitic Dike Lies In The Fault Zone

Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Monazite
Ore: Mica
Ore: Columbite
Ore: Microcline
Gangue: Cleavelandite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARTZITE.

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: ALAMOS GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1920'S

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR PORTAL OF ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Reserve-Resource): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013

Comment (Production): REDMON ALSO REPORTS "SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS" OF SCRAP MICA PRODUCED FROM 1922 TO 1943.

Comment (Deposit): THE PEGMATITE IS DISTINCTLY ZONED.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN CUTS, A DECLINE, ADIT, AND SEVERAL STOPES.

References

Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 39

Reference (Deposit): LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO 87, P. 278-290

Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 122-126

Reference (Deposit): JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 66

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 219-223

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