| Deposit ID | 10014380 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011124 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Iron Mountain Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Iron Mountain Taconite |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.23948, 36.72281 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3018 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 17.6 MILES N 4 E FROM TIERRA AMARILLA, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Rio Arriba(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Burned Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)
Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Carson National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Rio Arriba |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 029N | 007E | 30 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Secondary |
| Sulfur | Secondary |
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Phyllite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Schist | Gangue |
| Result | HERRER AND KELLY (1963) REPORT AN ASSAY OF 40.1% FE, 0.26% P, 0.12% S, 0.1% TIO2, (0.1% MN) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation | ||||
| Rock unit name | Moppin Metavolcanic Series | ||||
| Rock description | Moppin Metavolcanic Series | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Los Pinos Formation of Lower Santa Fe Group |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Hopewell Anticline; The Axial Trace Is N 60 W, And It Plunges 35 To 45 Nw |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | EAST-WEST |
| Dip | 65 N |
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Length | 792.48M |
| Width | 30.48M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| District name | Hopewell District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dotson Mineral Corp. |
| Home office | Socorro, N.M. |
| First year | 1963 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Length | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011124 |
LINDGREN, W., W.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 200, P. 128
BARKER, F., 1958, NMBMMR BULL 45, P. 20, 66
BERTHOLF, W.E., 1960, NMBMMR CIRC. 54, 24 P.
HARRER, C.M., AND F.J. KELLY, 1963, USBM IC 8190, P. 60-63
BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 101-106
MCLEROY, D.F., 1970, NMBMMR OFR 21, 244 P.
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT WAS MAPPED BY RECONNAISSANCE, DIPNEEDLE AND MAGNETOMETER WORK. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1900'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1983 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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