Kiawa Mine

The Kiawa Mine is a mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,399 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Kiawa Mine
Secondary: Kiawa Group

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Petaca District: Kiawa 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: J. M. Maestas
Home Office: La Madera, N.M.

Owner Name: L. B. Lothman
Home Office: Albuquerque, N.M.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1885
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: 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: Microcline
Ore: Mica
Ore: Monazite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Bismutite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Columbite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Beryl

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Location): LOCATION ACCURATE FOR CENTER OF PROSPECT PITS MARKED ON LAS TABLAS QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Deposit): THE MAIN PEGMATITE BODY IS LENTICULAR IN PLAN VIEW. THERE IS ALSO A LARGE DIKE 250 FT NORTH THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE MAIN BODY AND IS 1240 FT LONG AND 38 FT WIDE.

Comment (Workings): MAJOR MINE WORKINGS REPORTED BY JAHNS IN 1946 WERE OPENCUTS IN THE WEST END, THE NEW AND THE OLD LOWER PITS, ESPINOSA SHAFT, HOYT ADIT, PORCUPINE STOPES, AND THE TWIN STOPES. REDMON, IN 1961, REPORTS MOST OF THE OLDER WORKINGS WERE OBLITERATED OR WERE COVERED BY WASTE DUMPS BY HEAVY EQUIPMENT MINING IN 1956.

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

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

References

Reference (Deposit): WOODWARD, L.A., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 127

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

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 118-121

Reference (Production): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 25 AND REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013

Reference (Deposit): JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL, NO. 13, P. 67

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL NO. 25, P. 106-115

Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 8

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