| Locality type: | Deposit |
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| Species: | Kyanite |
| Formula: | Al2(SiO4)O |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Kyanite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Big Rock deposit, Mesa de la Jarita, Las Tablas, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 240686 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:240686:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 5d649695-f962-4aba-9df7-3123046c7459 |
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| 2.5km (1.5 miles) | ⓘKiowa View II, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA |
| 5.0km (3.1 miles) | ⓘLa Jarita-Apache area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA |
| 7.7km (4.8 miles) | ⓘRio Vallecitos Canyon, Ojo Caliente Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA |
| 15.6km (9.7 miles) | ⓘSchist, La Madera Mtn., Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA |
| 41.6km (25.9 miles) | ⓘHondo Canyon Sillimanite-Kyanite (Lund's) prospect, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA |
| 44.8km (27.8 miles) | ⓘTungsten Mine (Wichita Mine), Copper Mountain, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA |
| 65.1km (40.5 miles) | ⓘCostilla area, Taos County, New Mexico, USA |
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 | | Report (issue) | | Geology and Mineral Resources of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico by E D W A R D C . B I N G L E R 1968...NEWMEXICOINSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...The HonorableDavid F. Cargo . . . Governor of New Mexico Leonard DeLayo . . . . . Superintendent of Public... . . . . H o b bs, New Eugene L. Coulson, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . Socorro, New Thomas M. Cramer ..... . Carlsbad, New Steve S. Torres, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Socorro, New Richard M. Zimmerly |  | | Report (issue) | | BULLETIN 47 Kyanite Occurrences in the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico by ALLEN FRANK...RESOURCES NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE...INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY E. J. Workman, President STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES Alvin...Burroughs ........................... Governor of New Mexico Tom Wiley .................................................... Albuquerque For sale by the New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Campus Station |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Staurolite-Quartzite Bands in Kyanite Quartzite at Big Rock, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico W. ScI~I~EYm~ a n d... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. Country Rock Enclosing the Staurolite Quartzite . . . . . . ...metasedimentary series composed predominantly of kyanite quartzite. The bands consist of quartz, staurolite...reaction with hypothetical former kyanite to produce staurolite+ quartz with rock composition unchanged, or,...stable equilibrium with the other minerals of the rock. The staurolite quartzites are thus considered to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Staurolite-Quartzite Bands in Kyanite Quartzite at Big Rock, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico--A Discussion Randall...composition associated with the Big Rock kyanite deposit in northern New Mexico. They discussed two possible...hypothesis. Quartz-muscovite schist and quartz-kyanite rock are believed to be metarhyolite that was altered...rocks. The process would deplete a basaltic parent rock in alkali and alkaline earth elements and produce...rocks t h a t occur near the Big Rock kyanite deposit in northern New Mexico. They gave convincing textural |  | | Report (issue) | | 87 New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...TECHNOLOGY Mineral and Water Resources of New Mexico I'repared by U.S. Geological Survey for the U.S...with: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission New Mexico...SOCORRO1977 NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Cibutus R. HOLMES. Acting President NEW MEXICO BUREAU...OF REGENTS Ex Officio Bruce King, Governor of New Mexico Leonard DeLayu, Superintendent of Public Instrucilun |
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