Elda Iron Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014063
MRDS ID D010682
Record type Site
Current site name Elda Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims, Consolidated No. 1, Iron Rail, Iron Contact
Related records 10199407

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.66416, 34.0587 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position ABOUT 31.5 MILES N23E OF CARRIZOZO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tecolote Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gallo Arroyo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003S 012E 11 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Yeso Formation
    Rock description Yeso Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.66416, 34.0587

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NORTH-SOUTH
    Dip 20 TO 30 EAST
    Thickness 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rock Adjacent To Monzonite Sills.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1919

Mining district

District name Tecolote Iron District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lon Jenkins
    Home office Corona, N.M.
    First year 1919
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lincoln Ore And Metals Co.
    First year 1940

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Period 1915 To 1919
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^54.5% Fe.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 55wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1949 CONSISTED OF FIVE INCLINED AND VERTICAL SHAFTS THAT LEAD TO IRREGULAR SHAPED AREAS MINED BY ROOM AND PILLAR METHODS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHERIDAN, M.J., 1947 USBM RI-3988, P. 9

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO 2, P. 166-169

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 101-102

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 98, MAP 1

  • Production

    KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 169.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1940'S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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