Apache Mine

The Apache Mine is a beryllium and mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,904 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Apache Mine
Secondary: Porter
Secondary: Blue
Secondary: Apache Mica
Secondary: Apache Nos 1-12

Commodity

Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Mica

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Jarita Mining And Investment Co
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1973

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

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): OUTLOOK E AND MJ VOL 149 NO 5 MAY 1948 P 97 98

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

Reference (Deposit): TITES TRANS AIME VOL 190 JAN 1951 MIN ENG P 53

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS R H GEOLOGY MINING SAND USES OF STRATEGIC PEGMA-

Reference (Deposit): MEXICO AM JOUR SCI NOV 1948 P 686

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT L A THE GLOBE PEGMATITE RIO ARRIBA COUNTY NEW

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

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

Reference (Deposit): MEXICO USBM R I 4037 1947 5 P

Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST R J APACHE MICA MINE RIO ARRIBA COUNTY NEW

Reference (Deposit): 13 1937 P 64

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

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

Reference (Deposit): NMBM BULL 12 1937 P 115- 116

Reference (Deposit): RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES

Reference (Deposit): TALMAGE S B AND WOOTTON T P THE NON-METALLIC MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL 91 1968 P 118 121- 122

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

Reference (Deposit): STATE PLANNING OFFICE 1967 P 192

Reference (Deposit): HOWARD E V METALLIFEROUS OCCURRANCES IN NEW MEXICO NM

Reference (Deposit): BA COUNTY NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL 25 1946 P 165- 170

Reference (Deposit): 29

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS R H MICA DEPOSITS OF THE PETACA DISTRICT RIO ARRI-

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): NMBM MINES INDEX

Reference (Deposit): ABOUT 100 FT ABOVE CANADA DE LOS APACHES (CREEK)

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSIT BEYOND CAVED WORKINGS

Reference (Deposit): UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO INTERSECT UNMINED PARTS OF

Reference (Deposit): OF BERYL (REDMON 1961 P 29)

Reference (Deposit): FEDERAL BUREAU OF MINES EXTENDED ADIT NO 2 IN 1944 IN

Reference (Deposit): AND HAND COBBED MICA 167 TONS OF SCRAP MICA AND 5.5 TONS

Reference (Deposit): RECORDED PRODUCTION THROUGH 1958 WAS 208 555 LBS OF SHEET

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