Coates Tunnel

The Coates Tunnel is a mica and niobium (columbium) mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,523 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Coates Tunnel
Secondary: American
Secondary: Coats

Commodity

Primary: Mica
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba

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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: G. And M Co., Ltd
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1971

Owner Name: Ross Martinez
Info Year: 1971

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): USBM PRELIM. WAR MINERALS REPORT. JAN. 1943

Reference (Deposit): 13 1937 P 66- 67

Reference (Deposit): OF TAOS AND RIO ARRIBA COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BUL 740 STERRETT D.B. 1923 P. 161

Reference (Deposit): OUTLOOK E AND MJ VOL. 149 NO. 5 MAY 1948 P. 97-98

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS R.H. MILLING IMPROVES NORTHERN NEW MEXICO SCRAP MICA

Reference (Deposit): BITE ECO. GEO: VOL. 57 1962 P 618

Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH E.W. GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR BERYL AND COLUM-

Reference (Deposit): NMBM MINES INDEX

Reference (Deposit): NM STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S OFFICE: NEW REGISTRATIONS (1971)

Reference (Deposit): JUST,EVAN GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC FEATURES OF THE PEGMATITES

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 91 1968 P 121

Reference (Deposit): BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA

Reference (Deposit): 32- 33

Reference (Deposit): IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO USBM I.C. 8013 1961 P 19,

Reference (Deposit): REDMON D.E. RECONNAISSANCE OF SELECTED PEGMATITE DISTRICTS

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 25 1946 P 174- 176

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS R.H. MICA DEPOSITS OF THE PETACA DISTRICT, RIO ARRIBA

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