Iron Hill Prospects

Occurrence in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012964
MRDS ID D009003
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Hill Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.95086, 32.39791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Relative position ABOUT 12 MILES N 60 W OF LAS CRUCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leasburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 001W 16 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE WORKINGS IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 16 AS SHOWN ON THE LEASBURG TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Magdalena Group
    Rock description Magdalena Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Abo Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike NORTHEAST
    Dip 10 TO 20 SE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 36.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced Limestone And Filled Broken Or Dissolved Openings.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iron Hill District: Roblelo Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1949
    Total resources 9000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 50 wt-pct Iron Major 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1935 CONSISTED OF 14 SHORT TUNNELS, MANY SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 247-249

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF N.M. PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO 2, P. 79-82

  • Deposit

    KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-14

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 179

  • Reserve-Resource

    KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 82.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN BODIES BOTH PARALLEL AND TRANSVERSE TO BEDDING AND RANGE FROM 50 TO 200 FT. IN LENGTH, FROM 20 TO 120 FT. IN WIDTH, AND SELDOM EXCEED 10 FT. IN THICKNESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.