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Magnetite Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln 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. 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014067
MRDS ID D010686
Record type Site
Current site name Magnetite Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim, Magnetite Iron Lode
Related records 10199102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.65249, 33.84399 (WGS84)
Elevation 2172
Relative position ABOUT 19 MILES N 42 E 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

White Oaks North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arroyo Del Macho(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln 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 005S 012E 26 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON PLATE 1 OF USGS BULL 1308.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Kaolinite Gangue

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 > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.65249, 33.84399
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced A Small Limestone Inclusion In The Monzonite.

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 1943

Mining district

District name Jicarilla District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jesse Wade
    Home office Corona, N.M.
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Herbert Ellis
    Home office Roswell, N.M.
    First year 1949

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1942 To 1943
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^57.2% Fe.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 57wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1947 CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT ABOUT 70 FT. LONG, 20 FT. WIDE, AND 32 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHERIDAN, M.J., 1947 USBM RI-3988, P. 12

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO 2, P. 161-162

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 100

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, K., AND RYBERG, G.E., 1974 USGS BULL 1308, P. 18-19, PLATE 1

  • Production

    KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 162.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM IN THE 1940'S.

Reporter information

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

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