The Ironhead Mine is a iron mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Ironhead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ironhead Mine
Secondary: Pearson Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro-Hanover District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): 2000 FEET SW OF THE CONTINENTAL SHAFT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION UNKNOWN BUT REPORTEDLY OVER 12000 TONS OF FE ORE DURING 1954-1956
Comment (Development): LOOKING FOR ZN IN 1946
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIAN OSWALDO LIMESTONE IN FOOTWALL OF BARRINGER FAULT WEST OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK. ORE BODIES AS THICK AS 30 M. ORE DEPOSITS ARE IN IRREGULAR BODIES ADJACENT TO THE FAULT. THE FAULTING OCCURRED PRIOR TO MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Workings): MINED TO A DEPTH OF 90 M. FROM PEARSON AND BARNES SHAFTS, A TUNNEL, AND FROM OPEN CUTS PRIOR TO 1946
References
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V. C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES NO. 2, 246 P.
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C. M., AND KELLY, F. J., 1963, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8190, P. 29.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, W. R., AND HERNON, R. M., 1973, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE PB 214, 371, P. 17.
Reference (Deposit): NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION, 1901, P. 96.
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