La Paloma Mine

The La Paloma Mine is a mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,500 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: La Paloma Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Petaca District: La Madera-Palomas Canyon 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: La Madera Mining Co.
Home Office: La Madera, N.M.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1910
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

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 Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: LA MADERA-PALOMA CANYON GROUP AND PINEAPPLE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE ROMNEY (?) SHAFT LOCATED ON THE LA MADERA QUADRANGLE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

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

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF FIVE SUBPARALLEL DIKES. THE NORTHERNMOST IS THE LARGEST AND IS THE ONLY ONE MINED. TWO OF THE DIKES DO NOT CONTAIN QUARTZ CORES.

Comment (Workings): THE MAIN WORKINGS WERE DRIVEN FROM A 50 FT SHAFT. THE EXTENSIVE STOPES AND DRIFTS ARE DESCRIBED BY JAHNS (1946). MINOR EXPLORATORY PITS HAVE BEEN EXCAVATED IN THE SMALLER DIKES.

References

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25, P. 246-250

Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 46

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. 246-250.

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