Mine detail: Cuchillo Mountains Magnetite

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Location

Lat / long:

33.34843, -107.60754

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Magnetite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Garnet, Talc
Orebody form:	LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metasomatic
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	El Paso
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Deposits Occur In A Zone Of Extensive Faulting Which Strikes North-South.
Alteration processes:	Silicified And Garnetized Limestone.

References

MRDS	D007090
DEP	10011902
Reference	{Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1949 U.N.M. PUB. 2, P. 202-203}{Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1955 NMGS SIXTH FIELD CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SIERRA COUNTY REGION, N.M..}{Deposit:: HARPER, C.M., AND KELLY, F.J., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P. 74}
Reporter	Menzie, David