Mine detail: Iron Hill Prospects

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Location: Dona Ana County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.39791, -106.95086
dep_id: 10012964
mrds_id: D009003
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite, Limonite
gangue: Calcite, Gypsum, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSE
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Replaced Limestone And Filled Broken Or Dissolved Openings.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Magdalena Group
hrock_type: Limestone
References:
  • Deposit:: DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 247-249
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF N.M. PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO 2, P. 79-82
  • Deposit:: KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-14
  • Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 179
  • Reserve-Resource:: KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 82.
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