The Cuchillo Mountains Magnetite is a iron mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 33.34833, -107.60694
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Cuchillo Mountains Magnetite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cuchillo Mountains Magnetite
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Cuchillo District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur In A Zone Of Extensive Faulting Which Strikes North-South.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified And Garnetized Limestone.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE CUCHILLO MOUNTAINS ABOUT 2.5 MILES DUE EAST OF WINSTON, N.M..
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN LENTICULAR AND DISCONTINUOUS BODIES AS MUCH AS 50 FT. THICK AND ABOUT 200 FT LONG AS BANDS OF DISSEMINATED MAGNETITE IN LIMESTONE. THE MAIN DEPOSIT STRIKES NORTHWEST AND DIPS 30 NE.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CUCHILLO DISTRICT.
Comment (Commodity): V.C. KELLEY, 1949 P. 203, ESTIMATES INFERRED RESERVES OF SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF 40% TO 45% FE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1955 NMGS SIXTH FIELD CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SIERRA COUNTY REGION, N.M..
Reference (Deposit): HARPER, C.M., AND KELLY, F.J., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P. 74
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949 U.N.M. PUB. 2, P. 202-203
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