Mine detail: American Iron Mine

Previously called 'American Mine'

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.21037, -105.77056
dep_id: 10097875
mrds_id: D010678
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite, Magnetite
gangue: Diopside, Epidote, Pyrite, Quartz, Tremolite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 62: Skarn Fe
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Localized In A Limestone Xenolith Within The Trachyte.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Yeso Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Trachyte
Year first produced: 1942
yr_lst_prd: 1943
References:
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO. 2, P. 172-173, FIGURE 33 AND 34
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 102-103, PLATE 8
  • Deposit:: PERHAC, R.M., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 95, P. 35-47, PLATE 1
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: SHERIDAN, M.J., 1947 USBM RI-3988, P. 5-6
  • Production:: KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 178.
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