Mine detail: Cuchillo Mountains Magnetite

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.34843, -107.60754
dep_id: 10011902
mrds_id: D007090
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Magnetite
gangue: Actinolite, Garnet, Talc
orebody_fm: LENSES
alteration: Silicified And Garnetized Limestone.
conc_proc: Pyrometasomanism
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Is Associated With Intrusive Masses And Favorable Host For Replacement.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: El Paso
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Deposits Occur In A Zone Of Extensive Faulting Which Strikes North-South.
References:
  • 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
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