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Latham Iron Mine 1946

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011605
MRDS ID D006635
Record type Site
Current site name Latham Iron Mine 1946
Alternate or previous names Pierce Canyon Iron Deposits
Related records 10175199

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.6756, 32.79568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 34 MILES S 47 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

P A Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(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)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 008W 28 S2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN PIERCE CANYON ABOUT ONE MILE WEST OF P A MOUNTAIN AND WITHIN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Bliss Sandstone
    Rock description Bliss Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.6756, 32.79568
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Are Located Along North Striking Pierce Canyon Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike ABOUT DUE NORTH
    Dip 22 EAST
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Origin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tierra Blanca District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elizabeth Ann Bradley
    First year 1959

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 5.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1963 CONSISTED OF ONE 18 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, ONE SHAFT ABOUT 200 FT. IN LENGTH WHICH IS INCLINED DOWN THE DIP OF THE BEDS AND A SHALLOW OPENCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIVERSITY OF N.M. PUBLICATION NO 2, P. 203-207

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M. AND KELLY, F.J., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P. 72-74

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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