Mine detail: Cleveland Gulch Iron Deposit

Previously called 'Deposit Name: Cleveland Gulch-Burned Mountain TaconiteNorth Cleveland Gulch, South Cleveland GulchClaims: Ginger GoldPecos Imperial 1-60Imperial Pecos 61-100Big Iron Lode 0-19Big Iron Lode 1-20'

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.63948, -106.13336
dep_id: 10094673
mrds_id: D011125
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Iron
Minor mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur
Trace mineral: Titanium, Metal, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite
gangue: Phyllite, Quartzite, Schist
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Moppin Metavolcanic Series
hrock_type: Iron Formation
Structure: Hopewell Anticline; The Axial Trace Is N 60 W, And It Plunges 35 To 45 Nw, Faults In The Area Trend Ne And The Schistosity Parallels The Bedding Planes
tectonic: San Juan Uplift
disc_yr: 1959
discr: Robert E. Noyes, Albuquerque, Nm
References:
  • 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:: 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
  • Deposit:: HARRER, C.M. AND F.J. KELLY, 1963, USBM IC 8190, P. 60-63
  • Reserve-Resource:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 106
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