| Deposit ID | 10097875 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010678 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | American Iron Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | American Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.77056, 34.21037 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2477 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 40 MILES N08E OF CARRIZOZO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pajaro Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Corona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(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 | 001S | 011E | 22 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tremolite | Gangue |
| 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) | -105.77056, 34.21037 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 121.92M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| Year of last production | 1943 |
| District name | Gallinas Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Blm Roswell Resource Area |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lincoln Ore And Metals Co. And A.F. Denison |
| First year | 1943 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | New Mexico Copper Corp. |
| Home office | C.E. Degner, Presidentcarrizozo, Nm. |
| First year | 1959 |
| Year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1942 To 1943 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE FE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^54.5 To 56.2% Fe. | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010678 |
KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO. 2, P. 172-173, FIGURE 33 AND 34
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 102-103, PLATE 8
PERHAC, R.M., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 95, P. 35-47, PLATE 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
SHERIDAN, M.J., 1947 USBM RI-3988, P. 5-6
KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 178.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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