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Elk Mountain deposit (Kept Man deposit), Elk Mountain Mining District, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Elk Mountain deposit (Kept Man deposit) | Deposit |
| Elk Mountain Mining District | Mining District |
| San Miguel County | County |
| New Mexico | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 46' 44'' North , 105° 31' 57'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| East Pecos | 757 (2011) | 25.7km |
| Pecos | 1,324 (2017) | 26.1km |
| Mora | 656 (2011) | 28.3km |
| Glorieta | 430 (2011) | 30.6km |
| Rio En Medio | 143 (2011) | 33.8km |
Structure: Several Faults
Alteration: The Pegmatite Has Been Severely Albitized On The Flanks.
Tectonics: Sangre De Cristo Uplift
Deposit: The elk mountain area consists of several pegmatites that crop out in quartz-mica schist. The pegmatites strike north-south with a steep westerly dip. The longest pegmatite is 200 feet long. The pegmatites are zoned and have a massive quartz core. The outer core contains albite. Microcline and quartz. The mica is usually found at the contact between the core and the albite-rich zone. The mica shoots are 3 to 15 feet thick, and are composed of about 55 percent muscovite. The mica is colorless, hard, flat, relatively free-splitting and contains very little mineral staining. It is severely ruled, broken and "A" structures are common. Trimmed mica rarely exceeds 2 inches in diameter. Mica is estimated to represent about 0.5 percent of the dike. Five claims and one mill site are patented. There is no reference to which ones are patented.
Development: Colonial mica corp. Was a financial backer for carl frymire.
Geology: The precambrian has no formal name in this area.
Ore(s): Pegmatite Dikes
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
6 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Albite Formula: Na(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ Albite var. Cleavelandite Formula: Na(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series' |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
| ⓘ 'Garnet Group' Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ 'Mica Group' |
| ⓘ Microcline Formula: K(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Spessartine Formula: Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ 'Tourmaline' Formula: AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Spessartine | 9.AD.25 | Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Microcline | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ | Albite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ | var. Cleavelandite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Tourmaline' | - | AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| ⓘ | 'Mica Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10014822 |
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