Mine detail: Magnetite Mine

Previously called 'ClaimMagnetite Iron Lode'

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.84399, -105.65249
dep_id: 10014067
mrds_id: D010686
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
gangue: Kaolinite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 62: Skarn Fe
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Replaced A Small Limestone Inclusion In The Monzonite.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Monzonite
arock_type: Monzonite
Year first produced: 1942
yr_lst_prd: 1943
References:
  • Deposit:: SHERIDAN, M.J., 1947 USBM RI-3988, P. 12
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO 2, P. 161-162
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 100
  • Deposit:: SEGERSTROM, K., AND RYBERG, G.E., 1974 USGS BULL 1308, P. 18-19, PLATE 1
  • Production:: KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 162.
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