The Iron Mountain Mine is a iron mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,902 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,902 Feet (3,018 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 36.72278, -106.23889
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Iron Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Mountain Mine
Secondary: Iron Mountain Taconite
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Secondary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Hopewell 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Dotson Mineral Corp.
Home Office: Socorro, N.M.
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Hopewell Anticline; The Axial Trace Is N 60 W, And It Plunges 35 To 45 Nw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Iron Formation
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Iron Formation
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HERRER AND KELLY (1963) REPORT AN ASSAY OF 40.1% FE, 0.26% P, 0.12% S, 0.1% TIO2, (0.1% MN)
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Schist
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Phyllite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE PORTAL OF THE ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT WAS MAPPED BY RECONNAISSANCE, DIPNEEDLE AND MAGNETOMETER WORK.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 300 FT INCLINED SHAFT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Geology): BINGLER (1968, P. 106) SAYS SEVERAL WRITERS HAVE CLASSIFIED THE PRECAMBRIAN IRON-RICH GREENSCHIST AS TACONITE, THE TYPICAL FERRUGINOUS CHERT OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON DISTRICT.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., W.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 200, P. 128
Reference (Deposit): BARKER, F., 1958, NMBMMR BULL 45, P. 20, 66
Reference (Deposit): BERTHOLF, W.E., 1960, NMBMMR CIRC. 54, 24 P.
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND F.J. KELLY, 1963, USBM IC 8190, P. 60-63
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 101-106
Reference (Deposit): MCLEROY, D.F., 1970, NMBMMR OFR 21, 244 P.
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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