House Mines Prince

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Iron, Uranium
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. 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 10014975
MRDS ID DAV0074
Record type Site
Current site name House Mines Prince
Alternate or previous names Carolyn O, Las Cinco Remas, And Prince Mine.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.76999, 33.79177 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(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 11E 14 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREACUTS, PITS, CAVED 200 FT ADIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore
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 > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Yeso
    Rock description Yeso

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.76999, 33.79177

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADJACENT TO THE CONTACT BETWEEN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND LONE MTN SYENITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Oaks

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W. House
    First year 1959

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1981, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 155, 267 P. KELLEY, V.C., 1949, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, NO. 2., 246 P. SHERIDAN, M.J., 1947, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 3988, P. 16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANIUM PROBABLY IS IN THE MINERAL METATORBERNITE AND WAS INTRODUCED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE MAGNETITE. U IS BELOW ECONOMIC CONCENTRATIONS.
Deposit VERY LITTLE ORE-GRADE MATERIAL IS PRESENT, BUT WHAT IS EXPOSED ASSAYED AT 60% FE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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