The Kiawa Group is a mica mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico.
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Kiawa Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kiawa Group
Secondary: Kiawa
Secondary: South Kiawa
Secondary: Buena Vista
Secondary: Green Peak
Commodity
Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Feldspar
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: PEGMATITES
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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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): JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL 13, P. 67-70
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL 25, P. 105-118
Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 7-10
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
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