Iron Mountain Mine

Occurrence in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272708
MAS/MILS ID 0350390316
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mountain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.27699, 36.71673 (WGS84)
Elevation 3012
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Gavilan Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 029 N 007 E 30 SWNE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.27699, 36.71673

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dotson Mineral Corp.
    Home office New Mexico

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 91 1968 P 101, 103-105

  • Deposit

    HARRER C.M. AND KELLY F.J. RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOUR-

  • Deposit

    CES IN NEW MEXICO USBM I.C. 8190 P 60 1963

  • Deposit

    BERTHOLF W.E., II MAGNETITE TACONITE ROCK, RIO ARRIBA

  • Deposit

    NMBM CIRC. 54 P 16 1960

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN AND OTHERS ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO USGS PP

  • Deposit

    68 1910 P 126, 128

  • Deposit

    JONES F.A. NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS SANTA FE 1904

  • Deposit

    P 166

  • Deposit

    MCLEROY D.F. GENESIS OF PRECAMBRIAN BANDED IRON DEPOSITS,

  • Deposit

    RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO ECO. GEO. VOL. 65 1970

  • Deposit

    P 195, 196, 199, 200, 201, 203- 204

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL.

  • Deposit

    87 1965 P 180, 183

  • Deposit

    USGS 7.5 MIN QUAD BURNED MTN 1963 SHOWN AS ADIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JAN-97 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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