The Iron Mountain Deposits is a gold, silver, copper, lead, and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,900 Feet (2,408 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 33.46861, -107.63694
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Iron Mountain Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Mountain Deposits
Secondary: Iron Mountain Orebodies: Tungsten Reef
Secondary: Scheelemite
Secondary: Parker Strike
Secondary: Horse's Head
Secondary: Backslope
Secondary: Scheelemite Gem
Secondary: Hot Spot
Secondary: Lucky Strike
Secondary: Black Bed
Secondary: Beryllium Reef
Secondary: Upper Star
Secondary: Lower Star
Secondary: Beryllium Queen
Secondary: Beryllium King
Secondary: Beryllium Chief
Secondary: Hot Spot Extension
Secondary: Reef Extension
Secondary: Jackpot No. 1
Secondary: Jackpot No. 2
Secondary: Jackpot Extension
Secondary: Talus
Secondary: Brown
Secondary: Old Adit
Secondary: Little Hot Spot: Principal Claims: Iron Age No. 1
Secondary: Iron Age No. 2
Secondary: Iron Age No. 4
Secondary: Iron Age No. 5
Secondary: Iron Mountain
Secondary: Iron Mt. No. 1
Secondary: Iron Mt. No. 2
Secondary: Iron Mt. No. 3
Secondary: Iron Mt. No. 4
Secondary: Alloy No. 1
Secondary: Iron Reef
Secondary: Alloy No. 3
Secondary: Alloy No. 4
Secondary: Western
Secondary: Western No. 4
Secondary: Iron Ridge No. 1
Secondary: Iron Ridge No. 2
Secondary: Florence No. 1
Secondary: Florence No. 3
Secondary: Florence No. 2
Secondary: Florence No. 5
Secondary: Florence No. 7
Secondary: Florence No. 9
Secondary: Florence No. 10
Secondary: Florence No. 11
Secondary: Florence No. 13
Secondary: Florence No. 14
Secondary: Continental No. 1
Secondary: Continental No. 2
Secondary: Grandview
Secondary: Allow Fraction
Secondary: North Extension
Secondary: Parker Fraction
Secondary: Continental Fraction.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Cuchillo
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Imperial Corp - Principal Owner
Years: 1976 -
Owner Name: Alloy Metals Co.
Owner Name: Continental Machines Inc.
Owner Name: Saratoga Mining Co.
Owner Name: State Of New Mexico
Home Office: New Mexico
Owner Name: Parker, T. C.
Owner Name: Blanchard Hanson
Owner Name: Imperial Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Type: L
Description: See Comments
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.1 % MN: METALLURGICAL SAMPLE CONTAINED 27.8 % FE
Analytical Data: 0.1 % TIO2
Analytical Data: 0.12 % S
Analytical Data: 38.4 % SIO2
Analytical Data: 0.26 % P
Analytical Data: CHARACTER SAMPLE OF MAGNETITE-TACTITE CONTAINED 40.1 % FE
Analytical Data: 0.001 % TO 0.01 % AG, CR, CS, GA, V AND ZR.
Analytical Data: 0.01 % TO 0.1 % BE, CO, CU, IN, NI AND RB
Analytical Data: 0.1 % TO 1 % PB AND SN
Analytical Data: SPECTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF LAST SAMPLE INDICATED 1 % TO 10 % ZN
Analytical Data: 1.6 % MN
Analytical Data: 0.1 % P
Analytical Data: 0.12 % TIO2
Analytical Data: 0.16 % S
Analytical Data: 27.2 % SIO2
Analytical Data: 22.7 % CAF2
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Helvite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Garnet
Ore: Pyroxene
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM HARRER AND KELLY, 1963
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR IRON AGE NO. 1 CLAIM NEAR THE CENTER OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN DEPOSITS.
Comment (Production): REPORTED PRODUCTION AMOUNTS TO A FEW TONS OF PB-CU 0RE, 71 TONS OF FLUORITE ORE, 400 TONS OF TUNGSTEN ORE FROM THEPARKER STRIKE AREA AND ABOUT 4 CARLOADS FROM SCHEELITE GEM.
Comment (Development): USBM PERFORMED EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION, MAPPING AND SAMPLING DURING 1942-1943 INCLUDING TRENCHES TOTALING 5100 FT IN LENGTH, 975 FT OF DIAMOND DRILLING, AND 670 FT OF UNDERGROUND EXPLORATION BY ADITS, SHAFTS AND RAISES.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS CONSIST OF LARGE, IRREGULAR TO ROUGHLY TABULAR BODIES OF TACTITE COMPOSED CHIEFLY OF MAGNETITE, GARNET AND PYROXENE. TACTITE INCLUDES THREE DISTINCT VARIETIES, A DARK-COLORED MAGNETITE-FLUORITE-HELVITE RIBBON ROCK, A LIGHTER-COLORED SILICATE-RICH RIBBON ROCK, AND A FLUORITE-RICH MASSIVE TACTITE. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ONE PATENTED CLAIM, 6 CLAIMS ON STATE LAND AND 27 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ARE MOSTLY EXPLORATORY TRENCHES, OPENCUTS, SHORT ADITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.
Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CUCHILLO DISTRICT
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D001317 BY JAMES E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Production): DALE AND MCKINNEY, 1959 P.57-58; WILLIAMS, 1966 P114
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1944 USGS BULL 945-C, 34 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V., MCKINNEY, W., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P.56-65
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.113-114
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C., KELLY, F., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P.74-78
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): STORMS, W.R., 1947 USBM RI-4035, 5 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): STORMS, W.R., 1947 USBM RI-4024, 13 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 118
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