Gallinas Mountains (Record #745) rare-earth element deposit in New Mexico, United States

Gallinas Mountains

Other, F deposits rare earth element deposit in New Mexico, United States

Geographic location

Country	United States
State or province	New Mexico
Geographic location:	-105.733333, 34.2
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Location references

Jackson, W.D., and Christiansen, Grey, 1993, International strategic minerals inventory summary report-- Rare-earth oxides: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-N, 68 p.

Geologic characteristics

Deposit type	Other, F deposits
Age of deposit	Permian
REE minerals	bastnäsite
Ore minerals	fluorite galena malachite cu-sulfides pyrite
Gangue minerals	quartz clay
Host rock types	sandstone

Nearby scientific information

Geologic map unit	-105.73333333333, 34.2
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Economic information

Status	Very small past producer
Resource estimates	0.046 Mt @ 2.95% REO (1983)

References for resource estimates

Jackson, W.D., and Christiansen, Grey, 1993, International strategic minerals inventory summary report-- Rare-earth oxides: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-N, 68 p.

Comments

About 65 t of bas concentrate produced in the 1950's from Cu-F veins and breccia fillings probably associated with alkalic trachyte.

Bibliographic references

Castor, S.B., 1994, Rare earth minerals, in Carr, D.D., ed., Industrial minerals and rocks, 6th edition: Littleton, Colorardo, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploratin, Inc., p. 827-839.
Möller, P., 1989a, Rare earth mineral deposits and their industrial importance, in
Jackson, W.D., and Christiansen, Grey, 1993, International strategic minerals inventory summary report-- Rare-earth oxides: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-N, 68 p.
Gieré, R., 1996, Formation of rare earth minerals in hydrothermal systems, in Jones, A.P., Wall, Frances, and Williams, C.T., eds., Rare earth minerals--chemistry, origin and ore deposits: New York, Chapman and Hall, The Mineralogical Society Series 7, p. 105-150.