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Rare Metals Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Iron, Lead
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111413
MRDS ID DAV0051
Record type Site
Current site name Rare Metals Prospect
Related records 10150575

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.77417, 34.20703 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
1S 11E 22 SE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREASITE OF 150' ADIT, 50' SHAFT, TRENCHES, AND PITS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Fluorite Unknown

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 > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Yeso
    Rock description Yeso

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.77417, 34.20703
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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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • RADIOACTIVE IRON MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Discoverer Lincoln Ore And Metals Co.

Mining district

District name Gallinas

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONTAINS A FEW TENS OF THOUSAND SHORT TONS HAVING 40-50% FE.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1943, USBM DID MAJOR STRIPPING AND SAMPLING. WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHORT ADITS AND TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., 1949, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, NO. 2, 246 P. MCLEMORE, V.T., 1981, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 155, 267 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTAINS A FEW TONS OF THOUSAND ST AT 40-50% FE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1940'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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