Mine detail: Iron Mountain Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 30.8627, -98.83506

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Magnetite
Orebody form: LENSE
Discovery year: 1890

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: LATE 193*, 1942-1946, ?-1958

Geology

Host rock:Valley Spring Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss

References

MRDSTC40215
DEP10065175
Reference{Deposit:: BARNES, V.E., ET AL, 1949, IRON ORE IN THE LLANO REGION, CENTRAL TEXAS: TX BEG RI 5, 50 P.}{Deposit:: DIETRICH, JW AND LONSDALE , JT, 1958, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLORADO RIVER INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION AREA: TX BEG RI 37, P. 44-47.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: DIETRICH AND LONSDALE (1958) P. 47.}
ReporterLong, Keith R.