The Iron Mask Mine is a iron mine located in Otero county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 32.41917, -106.11306
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Iron Mask Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Mask Mine
Secondary: Laura Mine: Claims Patented In 1926
Secondary: Laura
Secondary: Iron Duke: the Ori Ginal Iron Mask Claim Was Surveyed and Patented
Secondary: As the Iron Duke Claim .
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Otero
District: Orogrande District
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
Owner Name: V. Hlavacek And L.H. Duriez
Home Office: Alameda, Ca. Ornia
Years: 1963 -
Owner Name: Oro Iron Co.
Years: 1915 -
Production
Year: 1915
Time Period: 1913 To 1915
Description: Cp_Grade: ^58.6 To 62.3% Fe.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Year Last Production: 1915
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: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TRACES OF MN, AL203, AND CU
Analytical Data: 0.031% P
Analytical Data: 0.3% MGO
Analytical Data: 0.4% S
Analytical Data: 1.43% CAO
Analytical Data: 7.74% SIO2
Analytical Data: 60.8% FE
Analytical Data: AVERAGE COMPOSITION
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): KELLEY, 1949, REPORTED RESERVES OF A FEW TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS IN SMALL SCATTERED DEPOSITS ON THE TWO CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): ALTHOUGH THE DEPOSIT IS A TABULAR SKARN, MUCH OF THE ORE OCCURRED AS A COLLUVIAL BLANKET ON THE HILLSIDE. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL S URVEY NUMBERS 1720 AND 1721 COVERING 41.151 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS SMALL CUTS, BENCHES, AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 190.
References
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY , NO. 2, P. 189-190
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND KELLY, F.J., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P. 53-54
Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, P.G., AND CRADDOCK, C., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 82, P. 46-47, PLA TE 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 190.
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