| Deposit ID | 10014010 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010611 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Iron Mask Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Laura Mine: Claims Patented In 1926, Laura, Iron Duke: the Ori Ginal Iron Mask Claim Was Surveyed and Patented, As the Iron Duke Claim . |
| Related records | 10175453 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.11361, 32.4193 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1433 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 34.5 MILES S16W OF ALAMOGORDO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Otero(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Orogrande North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Otero |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022S | 008E | 03 | W2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | AVERAGE COMPOSITION |
|---|---|
| Result | 60.8% FE |
| Result | 7.74% SIO2 |
| Result | 1.43% CAO |
| Result | 0.4% S |
| Result | 0.3% MGO |
| Result | 0.031% P |
| Result | TRACES OF MN, AL203, AND CU |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Gobbler Formation |
| Rock description | Gobbler Formation |
| (1) | Pennsylvanian rocks, undivided |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1913 |
| Year of last production | 1915 |
| District name | Orogrande District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Oro Iron Co. |
| First year | 1915 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | V. Hlavacek And L.H. Duriez |
| Home office | Alameda, Ca. Ornia |
| First year | 1963 |
| Year | 1915 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1913 To 1915 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^58.6 To 62.3% Fe. | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010611 |
KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY , NO. 2, P. 189-190
HARRER, C.M., AND KELLY, F.J., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P. 53-54
SCHMIDT, P.G., AND CRADDOCK, C., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 82, P. 46-47, PLA TE 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 190.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ALTHOUGH THE DEPOSIT IS A TABULAR SKARN, MUCH OF THE ORE OCCURRED AS A COLLUVIAL BLANKET ON THE HILLSIDE. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL S URVEY NUMBERS 1720 AND 1721 COVERING 41.151 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1983 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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