Mine detail: Iron Mountain Deposits

Previously called 'Hot Spot ExtensionIron Mt. No. 3Old AditLittle Hot Spot: Principal Claims: Iron Age No. 1Iron Age No. 2Iron Age No. 4Iron Age No. 5Iron MountainIron Mt. No. 1Iron Mt. No. 2Iron Mt. No. 4Continental No. 2Continental Fraction.Alloy No. 1Iron ReefAlloy No. 3Alloy No. 4WesternWestern No. 4Iron Ridge No. 1Iron Ridge No. 2Florence No. 1Florence No. 3Florence No. 2Florence No. 5Florence No. 7Florence No. 9Florence No. 10Florence No. 11Florence No. 13Florence No. 14Continental No. 1GrandviewAllow FractionNorth ExtensionParker FractionHors* HeadBackslopeScheelemite GemLucky StrikeBlack BedBeryllium ReefUpper StarLower StarBeryllium QueenBeryllium KingBeryllium ChiefReef ExtensionJackpot No. 1Jackpot No. 2Jackpot ExtensionTalusBrownIron Mountain Orebodies: Tungsten ReefParker Strike'

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.46871, -107.63754
dep_id: 10089321
mrds_id: W017012
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Iron, Beryllium, Tungsten, Zinc, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Fluorite, Galena, Garnet, Gold, Helvite, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Powellite, Pyroxene, Scheelite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Simple Metamorphism And Contact Metasomatism.
ore_ctrl: Sedimentary Rocks Were Intruded By Igneous Masses Which Replaced Favorable Rock Types By Contact Metasomatism And Altered Other Sedimentary Rocks By Simple Metamorphism.
Reporter: Weeks, Robert, Menzie, David, Elliott, James E.
hrock_unit: Magdalena Group
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone
arock_type: Monzonite,Rhyolite
Structure: See Comments
yr_lst_prd: 1953
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 118
  • Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1944 USGS BULL 945-C, 34 PAGES
  • Deposit:: STORMS, W.R., 1947 USBM RI-4024, 13 PAGES
  • Deposit:: STORMS, W.R., 1947 USBM RI-4035, 5 PAGES
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP, MR-25.
  • Deposit:: HARRER, C., KELLY, F., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P.74-78
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.113-114
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: DALE, V., MCKINNEY, W., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P.56-65
  • Production:: DALE AND MCKINNEY, 1959 P.57-58; WILLIAMS, 1966 P114
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