Apache Mine

The Apache Mine is a beryllium and mica 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: Apache Mine
Secondary: Porter
Secondary: Blue
Secondary: Apache No. 1

Commodity

Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Petaca District: La Jarita-Apache 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: Jean Hamilton Stivers
Home Office: 326 Grant Ave., Santa Fe, N.M.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1845
Year Last Production: 1962
Discovery Year: 1845
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 DIKES

Structure

Type: L
Description: There Is A Fault On The Southwest Slope Of The Ridge Which Strikes North-Northwest.

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: Bismutite
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Mica
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Columbite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Fluorite
Unknown: Beryl

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE APACHE MINE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Production): JAHNS (1946, P. 165) REPORTS TOTAL PRODUCTION OF SCRAP MICA TO 1946 AS OVER 4,000 TONS, (8,000,000 LBS).

Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE SEVERAL DIKES IN THE AREA. THERE IS NO DEFINITE STRIKE DIRECTION GIVEN FOR THE MAIN DIKE, ALTHOUGH JAHNS (1946, P. 166) SAYS THE DIKE CAN BE TRACED DIAGONALLY ALONG THE NORTH WALL OF THE CANYON FROM A POINT NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE CANYON TO A POINT ON A STEEP RIDGE 150 FT HIGHER AND 450 FT TO THE EAST. THERE IS A REMNANT OF WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SOUTH LIMB OF AN INVERTED TROUGH LOCATED IN THE CANYON BOTTOM.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, STOPES, DRIFTS, THREE ADITS, ONE SHAFT AND AN INCLINED WINZE. JAHNS (1946, P. 166-167) GIVES A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION AND MAPS OF THE WORKINGS.

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

Comment (Deposit): THE APACHE MINE HAS THE LARGEST PRODUCTION RECORD OF ANY MINE IN THE PETACA DISTRICT. SEE ALSO: LA JARITA-APACHE GROUP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1840'S

References

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

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 165-170

Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 29

Reference (Deposit): LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR 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

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, RAY J., 1947., USBM RI-4037

Reference (Production): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 29; JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 165

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