The Magnetite Mine is a iron mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,126 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,126 Feet (2,172 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 33.84389, -105.65194
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Magnetite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Magnetite Mine
Secondary: Claim
Secondary: Magnetite Iron Lode
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Jicarilla District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Herbert Ellis
Home Office: Roswell, N.M.
Years: 1949 -
Owner Name: Jesse Wade
Home Office: Corona, N.M.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1942 To 1943
Description: Cp_Grade: ^57.2% Fe.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1943
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: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON PLATE 1 OF USGS BULL 1308.
Comment (Deposit): ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM IN THE 1940'S.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1947 CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT ABOUT 70 FT. LONG, 20 FT. WIDE, AND 32 FT. DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO 2, P. 161-162
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 100
Reference (Deposit): SEGERSTROM, K., AND RYBERG, G.E., 1974 USGS BULL 1308, P. 18-19, PLATE 1
Reference (Production): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 162.
Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, M.J., 1947 USBM RI-3988, P. 12
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