The Iron Hill Prospects is a iron mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,751 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,751 Feet (1,448 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 32.39778, -106.95028
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Iron Hill Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Hill Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Iron Hill District: Roblelo Mountains Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Replacement
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: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE WORKINGS IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 16 AS SHOWN ON THE LEASBURG TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN BODIES BOTH PARALLEL AND TRANSVERSE TO BEDDING AND RANGE FROM 50 TO 200 FT. IN LENGTH, FROM 20 TO 120 FT. IN WIDTH, AND SELDOM EXCEED 10 FT. IN THICKNESS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1935 CONSISTED OF 14 SHORT TUNNELS, MANY SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 247-249
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF N.M. PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO 2, P. 79-82
Reference (Deposit): KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-14
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 179
Reference (Reserve-Resource): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 82.
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