Lonesome

The Lonesome is a niobium (columbium), mica, tantalum, bismuth, feldspar, and beryllium mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,104 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Lonesome  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Rio Arriba

Elevation: 8,104 Feet (2,470 Meters)

Commodity: Niobium (Columbium), Mica, Tantalum, Bismuth, Feldspar, Beryllium

Lat, Long: 36.5256, -106.05190

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Lonesome MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lonesome
Secondary: Beryl


Commodity

Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Primary: Mica
Primary: Tantalum
Primary: Bismuth
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Beryllium


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: El Nido Mica Co.
Percent: 35.00
Info Year: 1942


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-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

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available


Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): P 67 1937

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

Reference (Deposit): JUST EVAN PEGMATITES, TAOS, RIO ARRIBA NMBM BULL. 13

Reference (Deposit): 121

Reference (Deposit): BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY, RIO ARRIBA NMBM BULL. 91 1968 P 117,

Reference (Deposit): P 19, 21-22

Reference (Deposit): REDMON D.E. RECONNAISSANCE, PEGMATITE USBM I.C. 8013 1961

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 25 1946 P 137- 143

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

Reference (Deposit): AS THE "BERY PROSPECT"

Reference (Deposit): MAY BE DEPOSIT DESCRIBED BY JUST (NMBM BULL. 13, 1937, P66)


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