Pino Verde Mine

The Pino Verde Mine is a mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,799 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Pino Verde Mine
Secondary: Luna

Commodity

Primary: Mica
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Thorium
Secondary: Bismuth

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

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1922
Year Last Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1950
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: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Mica
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Bismutite
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Columbite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Workings): THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF AT LEAST FOUR CUTS. THE LARGEST CUT IS 50 FT LONG, 7-12 FT WIDE, AND 12 FT DEEP.

Comment (Deposit): THE EAST END OF THE DEPOSIT HAS A THICK HOOK-LIKE BEND FROM WHICH SEVERAL SMALL DIKES PROJECT, AT LEAST TWO OF WHICH ALSO HAVE HOOKLIKE BENDS.

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

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

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE LARGEST OPEN CUT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION DURING 1922 TO 1925 AMOUNTED TO A FEW TONS OF SCRAP MICA AND A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS OF MONAZITE (JAHNS, 1946).

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S

References

Reference (Deposit): JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 63-70

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 183-186

Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 33

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

Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, F.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 NO. 25, P. 183-186

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