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Cleveland Gulch Iron Deposit

Occurrence in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur, Titanium, Metal, Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094673
MRDS ID D011125
Record type Site
Current site name Cleveland Gulch Iron Deposit
Alternate or previous names Deposit Name: Cleveland Gulch-Burned Mountain Taconite, North Cleveland Gulch, South Cleveland Gulch, Claims: Ginger Gold, Pecos Imperial 1-60, Imperial Pecos 61-100, Big Iron Lode 0-19, Big Iron Lode 1-20

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.13336, 36.63948 (WGS84)
Elevation 2859
Relative position ABOUT 23.2 MILES S 19 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA, NM.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028N;028N 007E;008E 24,25,26,23;19,29,30,31,32 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE CORNER POINT OF SECTIONS 19 AND 30, T28N, R8E AND SECTIONS 24 AND 25, T28N, R7E. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Secondary
Sulfur Secondary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Phyllite Gangue
Quartzite Gangue
Schist Gangue

Analytical data

Result BINGLER (1968, P. 105) REPORTS A COMPOSITE CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 35.6 PERCENT FE. HARRER AND KELLY (1963, P. 62) ANALYZED TWO SAMPLES THAT AVERAGED 33.7% FE, 0.13% P, 0.08% S, 0.13% TIO2, AND 0.2% MN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Moppin Metavolcanic Series
    Rock description Moppin Metavolcanic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.13336, 36.63948
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hopewell Anticline; The Axial Trace Is N 60 W, And It Plunges 35 To 45 Nw
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults In The Area Trend Ne And The Schistosity Parallels The Bedding Planes

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 250M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 213.36M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BINGLER (1968, P. 106) SAYS SEVERAL WRITERS HAVE CLASSIFIED THE PRECAMBRIAN IRON-RICH GREENSCHIST AS TACONITE, THE TYPICAL FERRUGINOUS CHERT OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1959
Discoverer Robert E. Noyes, Albuquerque, Nm

Mining district

District name Hopewell District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. L. Gilmore
    Home office Ojo Caliente, N.M.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Total resources 45351000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 35 wt-pct Iron Major 1968

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BINGLER (1968, P. 106) CLAIMS THAT THIS ESTIMATE MAY BE GROSSLY EXAGGERATED.

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE SEVERAL SURFACE PROSPECT PITS IN THE AREA.

Comments on development

  • MCLEROY (1970, P. 13) SUGGESTS THAT THE SCRUB OAK VEGETATION IN THE AREA MAY BE USEFUL IN DELINEATING THE IRON ORE BODY. MCLEROY SAYS "THE THICKEST GROWTHS ARE ON SLOPES WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF IRON CONCENTRATIONS. THE SCRUB OAKS HIGHEST ON THE SLOPES USUALLY DEFINE EXACTLY THE UPPER BOUNDARY OF THE IRON DEPOSIT."

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., W.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 200, P. 128

  • Deposit

    BARKER, F., 1958, NMBMMR BULL 45, P. 20, 66

  • Deposit

    BERTHOLF, W.E., 1960, NMBMMR CIRC 54, 24 P.

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 101-106

  • Deposit

    MCLEROY, D.F., 1970, NMBMMR OFR 21, 244 P.

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M. AND F.J. KELLY, 1963, USBM IC 8190, P. 60-63

  • Reserve-Resource

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 106

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT WAS MAPPED BY RECONNAISSANCE, DIPNEEDLE AND MAGNETOMETER WORK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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