Gallinas Iron Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014064
MRDS ID D010683
Record type Site
Current site name Gallinas Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Gallinas Mine Or Red Cliff Mine: Claims, Gallinas Nos. 1 and 2
Related records 10150005

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.72222, 34.14287 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position ABOUT 37 MILES N14E OF CARRIZOZO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rough Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gallo Arroyo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(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
New Mexico 002S 012E 18 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Limestone Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE COMPOSITION
Result 48.7% FE
Result 7.3% CAO
Result 0.40% MN
Result 0.28% MGO
Result 0.25% ZN
Result 0.13% S
Result 0.09% P.

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Yeso Formation
    Rock description Yeso Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.72222, 34.14287

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Gallinas Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dudley Cornell, P.C. Teas, And Vincent Moore
    First year 1942

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1942
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^48.7% Fe.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 49wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 68.58M
    Overall width 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1949 CONSISTED OF TWO SEPARATE OPEN PITS. THE SOUTH PIT IS MORE THAN 125 FT. LONG, 100 FT. WIDE, AND 10 FT. DEEP. THE NORTH PIT IS ABOUT 100 FT. LONG, 25 FT. WIDE, AND 10 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO. 2, P. 176-177

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 103-104

  • Deposit

    PERHAC, R.M., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 95, P. 35-47, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 177.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN TWO NEARLY HORIZONTAL LENS-SHAPED ORE BODIES, ONE ABOUT 150 FT. LONG BY 20 FT. WIDE BY 6 FT. THICK AND THE OTHER ABOUT 100 FT. LONG BY 60 FT. WIDE BY 8 FT. THICK. TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1942.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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