The Elda Iron Mine is a iron mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 34.05861, -105.66361
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Elda Iron Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elda Iron Mine
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Consolidated No. 1
Secondary: Iron Rail
Secondary: Iron Contact
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Tecolote Iron 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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lon Jenkins
Home Office: Corona, N.M.
Years: 1919 -
Owner Name: Lincoln Ore And Metals Co.
Years: 1940 -
Production
Year: 1919
Time Period: 1915 To 1919
Description: Cp_Grade: ^54.5% Fe.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1919
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: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Fe
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1940'S.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1949 CONSISTED OF FIVE INCLINED AND VERTICAL SHAFTS THAT LEAD TO IRREGULAR SHAPED AREAS MINED BY ROOM AND PILLAR METHODS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, M.J., 1947 USBM RI-3988, P. 9
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO 2, P. 166-169
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 101-102
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 98, MAP 1
Reference (Production): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 169.
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