Mine detail: Capitan Iron Deposits

Previously called 'Capitan Group: Claims Patented In 1914Greenville Iron LodeGreat Eastern Iron LodePittsburg Iron LodePittsburg Iron Lode No. 1: Unpatented ClaimsGrace Nos. 3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12, and 13'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.62177, -105.55416

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite, Magnetite
Gangue:	Calcite, Epidote, Fluorite, Muscovite, Phlogopite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1902

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	San Andres
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Granite

References

MRDS	D010752
DEP	10014112
Reference	{Deposit:: SOULE, J.H., 1947 USBM RI-4022, 8 PAGES}{Deposit:: SOULE, J.H., 1949 USBM RI-4514, 5 PAGES}{Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOGOLY, NO. 2, P.144-152}{Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 92-95}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Reserve-Resource:: KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 148.}
Reporter	Menzie, David