Pidlite Pegmatite Mine

The Pidlite Pegmatite Mine is a lithium and tantalum mine located in San Miguel county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,219 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Pidlite Pegmatite Mine
Secondary: Mine: Lepidolite No. 2

Commodity

Primary: Lithium
Primary: Tantalum
Secondary: Rubidium
Secondary: Mica
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)

Location

State: New Mexico
County: San Miguel
District: Rociada 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

Owner Name: Otto A. Zummach And Others
Home Office: Las Vegas, N.M.
Years: 1980 -

Owner Name: Rare Minerals Of New Mexico, Inc.
Years: 1961 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1935
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: DIKES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Pecos - Picuris Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Lepidolite
Ore: Microlite
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Mica
Gangue: Spessartite
Gangue: Amblygonite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Topaz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL LITHIUM - BEARING PEGMATITES CROP OUT IN AMPHIBOLITE. THE DIKES ARE NORTH- TRENDING AND HAVE A STEEP DIP. THEY RANGE FROM A FEW INCHES TO 20 FEET WIDE AND UP TO 150 FEET LONG. THE INNER ZONES ARE LENTICULAR AND ARE COMPOSED OF QUARTZ AND PERTHITE AND THE OUTER ZONES ARE MOSTLY ALBITE, LEPIDOLITE AND MUSCOVITE. ACCESSORY MINERALS INCLUDE AMBLYGONITE, TOPAZ, APATITE, SPESSARTITE AND MICROLITE. ANHEDRAL BERYL AND RHABDOPHANITE HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE OCCURED IN THE PAST.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 55-FOOT PIDLITE SHAFT AND DRIFTS LEADING OFF FROM IT, AND AN 125-FT ADIT DRIVEN IN A DIKE NEAR THE GRAVITY SEPERATION MILL BUILT IN 1961. THERE ARE SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS ALONG THE DIKES

Comment (Geology): THE PRECAMBRIAN PEGMATITES HAVE NO FORMAL NAMES IN THIS AREA.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1930'S

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

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS, ET AL., 1980, USGS OFR 80-382, P. 78-80

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): SHEFFER, H.W. AND GOLDSMITH, L.A., 1969, NMBMMR MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 2, 15 P.

Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 70-71

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