The House Mines Prince is a iron mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
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House Mines Prince MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: House Mines Prince
Secondary: Carolyn O
Secondary: Las Cinco Remas
Secondary: And Prince Mine.
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: White Oaks
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. W. House
Years: 1959 -
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: Lincoln County Porphyry Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREACUTS, PITS, CAVED 200 FT ADIT.
Comment (Deposit): URANIUM PROBABLY IS IN THE MINERAL METATORBERNITE AND WAS INTRODUCED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE MAGNETITE. U IS BELOW ECONOMIC CONCENTRATIONS.
Comment (Geology): ADJACENT TO THE CONTACT BETWEEN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND LONE MTN SYENITE.
Comment (Deposit): VERY LITTLE ORE-GRADE MATERIAL IS PRESENT, BUT WHAT IS EXPOSED ASSAYED AT 60% FE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1981, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 155, 267 P. KELLEY, V.C., 1949, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, NO. 2., 246 P. SHERIDAN, M.J., 1947, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 3988, P. 16
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