Iron Mask Claims

Occurrence in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062668
MRDS ID TC36206
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mask Claims
Related records 10150184

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.95891, 32.54819 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Selden Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sands(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 20S 01W 20 SE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE SELDON HILLS ON THE NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ANIMAL SCIENCE RANCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.95891, 32.54819

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, 176 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IN FRACTURE ZONES AND AS REPLACEMENT BODIES IN LIMESTONE NEAR FAULT CONTACT WITH VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.