The Whettige Deposits is a iron mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 33.74694, -105.54861
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Whettige Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whettige Deposits
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Capitan Mountains
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
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
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: REPLACEMENT
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Capitan Laccolith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Geology): A REPLACEMENT IN NEARLY HORIZONTAL LIMESTONE MEMBERS. MINOR AMOUNTS OF SILICATE MINERALS HAVE FORMED ADJACENT TO THE MAGNETITE BODIES.
Comment (Deposit): TWO SMALL UNDERDEVELOPED PROSPECTS
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREA
Comment (Deposit): TWO OUTCROPS WERE MAPPED. THE LARGER ONE COVERS 125,000 SQ FT. THE SECOND DEPOSIT IN SECTION 26 IS SMALLER.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P
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