Mine detail: Yellow Jacket Iron Mine

Previously called 'Yellow Jacket Mine: Yellow Jacket Group of Claims Patented In 1918WaspYellow Jacket No.2Olga: Unpatented ClaimsCrown PointCrown Point No.2Yellow Jacket No.3'

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.77177, -105.78805
dep_id: 10014075
mrds_id: D010696
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite, Magnetite
gangue: Actinolite, Siderite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 62: Skarn Fe
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rock Within A Synclinal Structure Intruded By Dikes And Sills.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: San Andres Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Monzonite
Year first produced: 1913
yr_lst_prd: 1942
References:
  • Deposit:: SHERIDAN, M.J., 1947 USBM RI-3988, P. 14-16
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO. 2, P. 154-156
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 97-98
  • Deposit:: SMITH, C.T., AND BUDDING, A.J. 1959 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-11
  • Deposit:: SMITH, C.T., 1964 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 15TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P.92-99
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 156.
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