Mine detail: Iron Mountain Mine

Previously called 'Iron Mountain Taconite'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.72281, -106.23948

Resource(B)

Primary:	Iron
Secondary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur
Tertiary:	Titanium, Metal, Manganese
Ore:	Hematite, Magnetite
Gangue:	Phyllite, Quartz, Schist
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1950

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Moppin Metavolcanic Series
Host type:	Iron Formation
Structure:	Hopewell Anticline; The Axial Trace Is N 60 W, And It Plunges 35 To 45 Nw
Tectonic:	San Juan Uplift

References

MRDS	D011124
DEP	10014380
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., W.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 200, P. 128}{Deposit:: BARKER, F., 1958, NMBMMR BULL 45, P. 20, 66}{Deposit:: BERTHOLF, W.E., 1960, NMBMMR CIRC. 54, 24 P.}{Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., AND F.J. KELLY, 1963, USBM IC 8190, P. 60-63}{Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 101-106}{Deposit:: MCLEROY, D.F., 1970, NMBMMR OFR 21, 244 P.}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Murray, Diane