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Zuni Mines

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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014962
MRDS ID DAV0059
Record type Site
Current site name Zuni Mines
Related records 10126527

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.67638, 33.81427 (WGS84)

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
6S 13E 3,4 CENTER BORDER BETWEEN (03) AND (04) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAZUNI MINE IS ABOUT 1.9 MI S OF SPRING (GOLD STAIN) MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

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) 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) Artesia Group
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lincoln County Porphyry Belt

Ore body information

  • General form REPLACEMENT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1943
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Jicarilla

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. A. Livingston And Vincent Moore

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, KENNETH, AND RYBERG, G.E., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1308. GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P. KELLEY, V.C., 1949, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, NO. 2, 246 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSITS OCCUR IN LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO MONZONITE INTRUSIVES.
Deposit PRODUCTION: 829 ST FE ORE IN 1943.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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