The Ash Spring Canyon Deposit is a mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Ash Spring Canyon Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ash Spring Canyon Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fleming Camp District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 0.6 M. THICK BED OF OOLITIC HEMATITE NEAR BASE OF THE BLISS FORMATION, WHICH OUTCROPS EXTENSIVELY IN THE SILVER CITY RANGE AND PINOS ALTOS MOUNTAINS. ORE BEDS CONTAIN APPROXIMATELY 35.9% FE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V. C., 1951, AAPG BULL., V. 35, NO. 10, P. 2207.
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C. M., AND KELLEY, F. J., 1963, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8190, P. 35.
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V. C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P. 135-136.
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