The Rhodes Canyon Hematite is a iron mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 33.195, -106.62167
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Rhodes Canyon Hematite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rhodes Canyon Hematite
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: San Andres Mountains District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Owner Name: White Sands Missile Range
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.66 % P
Analytical Data: 2.3 % LIMES
Analytical Data: 34.6 % SIO2
Analytical Data: SAMPLE CONTAINED 30.5 % FE
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM V.C. KELLEY, 1949 P. 228.
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RHODES CANYON WITHIN THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A BED OF SANDY OOLITIC HEMATITE RANGING FROM 3 FT. TO 5 FT. THICK. THE DEPOSIT IS OVERLAIN BY 4.5 FT. OF CALCAREOUS, GLAUCONITIC SANDSTONE WITH PARTINGS OF SILICEOUS HEMATITE.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949 U.N.M. PUB. 2, P. 227-229
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND KELLY, F.J., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P. 78
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