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Tide Iron Deposit

Occurrence in Lincoln 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014951
MRDS ID DAV0043
Record type Site
Current site name Tide Iron Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.29665, 33.57567 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Capitan Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Hondo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Capitan Mountains Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
8S 17E 30,31,32 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.29665, 33.57567
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Capitan Laccolith

Ore body information

  • General form REPLACEMENT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Trending Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE CONFINED TO THE CAPITAN MOUNTAINS ALASKITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Capitan Mountains

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tide Uranium Co.
    Home office Fortworth, Tx.
    First year 1959

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SMALL TRENCH EXPOSED MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE IN A FAULT ZONE.
Deposit EARLY DEVELOPMENT DID NOT DETERMINE THE SIZE OF THE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

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