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Rhodes Canyon Hematite

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011917
MRDS ID D007110
Record type Site
Current site name Rhodes Canyon Hematite
Related records 10223856, 10248442

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.62224, 33.19511 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 37 MILES N 83 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tip Top Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013S 004E 08 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RHODES CANYON WITHIN THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM V.C. KELLEY, 1949 P. 228.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE CONTAINED 30.5 % FE
Result 34.6 % SIO2
Result 2.3 % LIMES
Result 0.66 % P

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Bliss Sandstone
    Rock description Bliss Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.62224, 33.19511
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTHERLY
    Dip WESTWARD
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Origin

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Andres Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner White Sands Missile Range
    First year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., 1949 U.N.M. PUB. 2, P. 227-229

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., AND KELLY, F.J., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P. 78

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A BED OF SANDY OOLITIC HEMATITE RANGING FROM 3 FT. TO 5 FT. THICK. THE DEPOSIT IS OVERLAIN BY 4.5 FT. OF CALCAREOUS, GLAUCONITIC SANDSTONE WITH PARTINGS OF SILICEOUS HEMATITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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