Mine detail: Elda Iron Mine

Previously called 'Iron ContactClaimsConsolidated No. 1Iron Rail'

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.0587, -105.66416
dep_id: 10014063
mrds_id: D010682
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Magnetite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 62: Skarn Fe
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rock Adjacent To Monzonite Sills.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Yeso Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Monzonite
Year first produced: 1915
yr_lst_prd: 1919
References:
  • Deposit:: SHERIDAN, M.J., 1947 USBM RI-3988, P. 9
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO 2, P. 166-169
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 101-102
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 98, MAP 1
  • Production:: KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 169.
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