North Cribbenville Mine

The North Cribbenville Mine is a mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,700 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: North Cribbenville Mine
Secondary: Old Cribbenville
Secondary: Cribbens
Secondary: Ajax

Commodity

Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Petaca District: Cribbenville 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: Minerals Engineering Co. (Meco)
Home Office: Grand Junction, Co.

Production

Year: 1945
Time Period: 1650 To 1945
Material type: MIC
Description: Cp_Grade: ^40,000 Lbs Stove, 20,000 Lbs Sheet, 1500 Tons Scrap

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1650
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1650
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

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

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1600'S

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE SEVERAL PITS, OPEN CUTS, STOPES AND AN INCLINE.

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

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

Comment (Production): NO ACCURATE PRODUCTION RECORDS WERE KEPT. THE DATES LISTED ABOVE ARE ESTIMATED DATES. THIS IS THE OLDEST MINE IN THE DISTRICT.

Comment (Development): THIS MINE WAS FIRST WORKED BY THE EARLY SPANISH SETTLERS. IT IS REPUTED TO BE THE OLDEST MINE IN THE PETACA DISTRICT.

Comment (Deposit): THERE IS ANOTHER DIKE SOUTH AND IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE MAIN DIKE. IT IS 225 FT LONG, 30 FT WIDE AND APPEARS TO PLUNGE WEST. IT WAS WORKED AROUND 1885 BUT SHOWS NO POTENTIAL AT THE PRESENT TIME. (JAHNS, 1946)

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

References

Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR, BULL. NO. 91, P. 122

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 25, P. 193

Reference (Deposit): JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL NO. 13, P. 63-70

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL NO. 25, P. 193-195

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

Reference (Deposit): LESURE, F.G., 1965, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 87, P. 278

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