Green Peak Deposit

The Green Peak Deposit is a mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,399 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Green Peak Deposit
Secondary: Rancho Aaa
Secondary: Parker
Secondary: Wilmeth
Secondary: Washburn
Secondary: Kiawa Group

Commodity

Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Petaca District: Kiawa 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
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 (HORSESHOE SHAPED)

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Muscovite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bismutite
Ore: Monazite
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Chrysocolla

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Location): LOCATION ACCURATE FOR ADIT LOCATED ON JAHN'S (1946) MAP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Commodity): MONAZITE ASSAYED 0.01% U308, 3.00% CU

Comment (Development): OWNERSHIP UNKNOWN. MAY BE PART OF THE KIAWA CLAIM GROUP.

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS A HORSESHOE SHAPED DIKE. THE NORTH LIMB TRENDS DUE WEST AND DIPS STEEPLY NORTH. THE SOUTH LIMB TRENDS N 85 W AND DIPS STEEPLY NORTH. THE LIMBS ARE 40 TO 50 FT APART.

Comment (Workings): THERE ARE SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES ON THE SURFACE AND AN 8 FT BY 8 FT SHAFT WAS SUNK TO THE ADIT LEVEL.

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

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

References

Reference (Deposit): JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 67-68

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL NO. 25, P. 105

Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P.7

Reference (Deposit): WOODWARD, L.A., 1974, NMGS, GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 127

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. 118-121

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