La Jarita-Apache Group

The La Jarita-Apache Group is a mica, beryllium, and feldspar mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,979 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: La Jarita-Apache Group
Secondary: Mines: La Jarita
Secondary: Lone Wolf Silver Dollar
Secondary: Vestegard
Secondary: Veseley El Contento St Joseph
Secondary: Lonesome
Secondary: Mica Lode Consolation
Secondary: North Miller Mary Mary No. 1
Secondary: Mary No. 2
Secondary: Etter Werner
Secondary: De Aragon El Camino
Secondary: Conquistador Augusta
Secondary: Wyoming
Secondary: Keystone-Western
Secondary: Maulsby Alicia
Secondary: Silver Plate
Secondary: Navajo Summit
Secondary: Highland
Secondary: Jeanene No. 5 Coyote California
Secondary: Apache No. 2 Old Black Horse
Secondary: Kentucky Sandoval
Secondary: Apache Apache No 1
Secondary: Pinos Altos
Secondary: Prince King
Secondary: Queen
Secondary: Coats American
Secondary: Bluebird

Commodity

Primary: Mica
Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Niobium (Columbium)
Secondary: Thorium
Secondary: REE
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

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

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1850
Year Last Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1850
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 DIKES

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: Microcline
Ore: Bismutite
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Cleavelandite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Albite

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE APACHE MINE SHAFT. THE LA JARITA-APACHE GROUP COVERS AN AREA OF ABOUT THREE SQUARE MILES IN THE CENTER OF THE PETACA DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Production): JAHNS (1946) AND REDMON (1961) GIVE PRODUCTION RECORDS FOR EACH MINE. MOST PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE VAGUELY ESTIMATED.

Comment (Development): THERE ARE 27 MINES IN THE LA JARITA-APACHE GROUP, REDMON (1961) GIVES DETAILS ON OWNERSHIP AND STATUS.

Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE 27 PEGMATITES IN THIS GROUP. THEY STRIKE WEST-NORTHWEST AND DIP IN A GENERALLY NORTHERLY DIRECTION. THEY HAVE AN AVERAGE LENGTH OF 400 FT AND WIDTH OF 49 FT.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN CUTS, PITS, STOPES, ADITS, SHAFTS AND WINZES. JAHNS (1946) AND REDMON (1961) GIVE COMPLETE DETAILS FOR ALL OF THE MINES IN THIS GROUP.

Comment (Geology): THE PEGMATITES OCCUR IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARTZITE.

Comment (Deposit): SEE JAHNS (1946) AND REDMON (1961) FOR PRODUCTION RECORDS FROM ALL 27 MINES IN THIS GROUP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1800'S

References

Reference (Deposit): JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL 13, P. 64-70

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 128-179

Reference (Deposit): BARKER, F., 1958, NMBMMR BULL 45

Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 16-33

Reference (Deposit): LESURE, F.G., 1965, NUBMMR BULL 87, P. 278

Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 121-122

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

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL PILE DATA

Reference (Production): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 128-179; REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 16-33

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