Cuchillo Mountains Magnetite

The Cuchillo Mountains Magnetite is a iron mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Cuchillo Mountains Magnetite  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Sierra

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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