Consolidated Prospect

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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014972
MRDS ID DAV0070
Record type Site
Current site name Consolidated Prospect
Related records 10174441

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.60305, 34.09231 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pelon Hill(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2S 13E 32 CENTER New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAAPPROXIMATE LOCATION

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glorieta Sandstone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lincoln County Porphyry Belt

Ore body information

  • General form REPLACEMENT
    Strike NORTH
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTH TRENDING VERTICAL MONZONITE DIKE CUTS FLAT-LYING SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Tecolote Iron

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lincoln Ore And Metals Co.
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. E. Degner
    First year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P. KELLEY, V.C., 1949, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, NO. 2, 246 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAGNETITE AND SOME HEMATITE OCCUR ADJACENT A VERTICAL MONZONITE DIKE WHICH CUTS FLAT-LYING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.
Deposit PRODUCTION: 50 ST OF FE ORE IN 1942.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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