| Deposit ID | 10014064 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010683 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gallinas Iron Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Gallinas Mine Or Red Cliff Mine: Claims, Gallinas Nos. 1 and 2 |
| Related records | 10150005 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.72222, 34.14287 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2103 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 37 MILES N14E OF CARRIZOZO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rough Mountain(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)
Federal lands
Cibola National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 002S | 012E | 18 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Limestone | Gangue |
| Result | AVERAGE COMPOSITION |
|---|---|
| Result | 48.7% FE |
| Result | 7.3% CAO |
| Result | 0.40% MN |
| Result | 0.28% MGO |
| Result | 0.25% ZN |
| Result | 0.13% S |
| Result | 0.09% P. |
| Model code | 62 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18d |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Fe |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Yeso Formation |
| Rock description | Yeso Formation |
| (1) | -105.72222, 34.14287 |
|---|
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 2.44M |
| Length | 45.72M |
| Width | 18.29M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| Year of last production | 1942 |
| District name | Gallinas Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|---|
| Area name | Blm Roswell Resource Area |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dudley Cornell, P.C. Teas, And Vincent Moore |
| First year | 1942 |
| Year | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^48.7% Fe. | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 3.05M |
| Overall length | 68.58M |
| Overall width | 38.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010683 |
KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO. 2, P. 176-177
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 103-104
PERHAC, R.M., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 95, P. 35-47, PLATE 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 177.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR IN TWO NEARLY HORIZONTAL LENS-SHAPED ORE BODIES, ONE ABOUT 150 FT. LONG BY 20 FT. WIDE BY 6 FT. THICK AND THE OTHER ABOUT 100 FT. LONG BY 60 FT. WIDE BY 8 FT. THICK. TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1942. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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