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Iron Mountain Deposit

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223672
MAS/MILS ID 0350510071
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mountain Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.6353, 33.4751 (WGS84)
Elevation 2411

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Elephant Butte Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010 S 008 W 03 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Grossularite Unknown
Hedenbergite Unknown
Idocrase Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.6353, 33.4751
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 830807

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CHIEF SOURCE OF BERYLLIUM IS THE MINERAL HELVITE, A COMPLEX SILICATE-SULFIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights State Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Imperial Corp --- Principal Owner
    Interest 75
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1944
    Indicated 84000mt ore
    Demonstrated 84000mt ore
    Inferred 184000mt ore
    Total resources 268000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Beryllium Be 0.2 wt-pct Beryllium Trace 1944
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1944
    Indicated 3500mt ore
    Demonstrated 3500mt ore
    Inferred 4500mt ore
    Total resources 8000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Beryllium Be 0.7 wt-pct Beryllium Trace 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    RYNEARSON, G.A. AND F.G. WELLS. BERYLLIUM AND TUNGSTEN

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEPOSITS OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, SIERRA AND SOCORRO

  • Reserve-Resource

    COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO, BUMINES BULL 945-C, 1944, PP 45-79.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS,F.E. 1966 US BU MINS IC 8307 PP 113-114

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013

  • Deposit

    BEUS, A.A. BERYLLIUM. W.H. FREEMAN AND CO., SAN FRANCISCO,

  • Deposit

    1962, 161 P.

  • Deposit

    MEEVES, H.C. NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES IN ARIZONA,

  • Deposit

    COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, UTAH AND FOUR ADJACENT STATES.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES RI 6828, 1966, P 40-41.

  • Deposit

    STORMS, W.R. IRON MOUNTAIN BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS, SIERRA AND

  • Deposit

    SOCORRO COUNTIES, N. MEXICO. R.I. 4024, 1947, 13 PP.

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R.H. "RIBBON ROCK", AN UNUSUAL BERYLLIUM-BEARING

  • Deposit

    TACTITE. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1944, VOL 39 NO. 3 P 173-205.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. BERYLLIUM. MINERAL COMMODITY PROFILES,

  • Deposit

    AUGUST 1979.

  • Deposit

    PROCEEDINGS OF THE BERYLLIUM CONFERENCE, MARCH 23, 24 AND 25

  • Deposit

    1970 PUBLICATION NMAB-272, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES--

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING, WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY

  • Deposit

    1970, 655 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT MAY IN TIME BE ECONOMIC. COMPLEX METALLURGY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-APR-87 BJR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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