The Hall Macho Deposit is a iron mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
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Hall Macho Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hall Macho Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: F. S. Hall
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Year Last Production: 1953
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Pecos Valley
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Fe
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Lincoln County Porphyry Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PRODUCED SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF FE ORE IN 1951-53.
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAAPPROXIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Deposit): MAGNETITE OCCURS AT THE CONTACT OF A MONZONITE(?) DIKE AND FLAT-LYING SAN ANDRES LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL DEEP BULLDOZER CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P. KELLEY, V.C., 1949, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, NO. 2, 246 P
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