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Capitan Iron Deposits

Occurrence 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. Reserves and resources
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014112
MRDS ID D010752
Record type Site
Current site name Capitan Iron Deposits
Alternate or previous names Capitan Group: Claims Patented In 1914, Greenville Iron Lode, Great Eastern Iron Lode, Pittsburg Iron Lode, Pittsburg Iron Lode No. 1: Unpatented Claims, Grace Nos. 3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12, and 13

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.55416, 33.62177 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position ABOUT 19 MILES S 86 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

Capitan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Hondo(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 008S 014E 10,11,14,15 SE (10); SW (11); NW (14); NE (15) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P.147, REPORTED THAT COMPOSITE SAMPLES FROM THE DEPOSIT CONTAINED 48.10% FE
Result 0.06% S
Result 0.06% P
Result 0.05% TI
Result 9.70% CAO
Result 0.75% AL203
Result 6.50% SIO2
Result 0.26, MN
Result 0.05% ZN
Result 8.90, INSOLUBLE
Result 7.52% LOSS ON IGNITION.

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 > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name San Andres
    Rock description San Andres

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.55416, 33.62177
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Associated With An Intrusive Loccolith Replaced Favorable Host Rocks Along A Preore Sink Or Collapse Structure.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer California Industrial Co.

Mining district

District name Capitan District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Francis A. Hunt
    Home office Roswell, N.M.
    First year 1960

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1949
    Total resources 453000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 45 wt-pct Iron Major 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF MANY PITS AND TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATORY DRILLING AND SAMPLING BY THE USBM IN 1944 AND 1947-48 CONSISTED OF 179 WAGON DRILL HOLES TOTALING 3490 FT., 7 CHURN-DRILL HOLES TOTALING 2488 FT., 4 TEST PITS TOTALING 75 FT., AND 1096 SAMPLES YIELDING 888 ASSAYS AND ONE LARGE METALLURGICAL SAMPLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOULE, J.H., 1947 USBM RI-4022, 8 PAGES

  • Deposit

    SOULE, J.H., 1949 USBM RI-4514, 5 PAGES

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOGOLY, NO. 2, P.144-152

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 92-95

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Reserve-Resource

    KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 148.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF BEDDED AND IRREGULAR-SHAPED ORE BODIES LYING WITHIN A RING-SHAPED OUTCROP ABOUT 1300 FT. IN DIAMETER AND 100 FT. THICK. THE CENTRAL CORE OF THE DEPOSIT IS COMPOSED OF LIMESTONE, SANDSTONE, AND WEAKLY MINERALIZED BRECCIA. FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1440, 1441, 1442, AND 1443 COVERING 78.121 ACRES. TEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1951, 1952, AND 1953 COVERING ABOUT 190 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

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