The American Iron Mine is a iron mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,127 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,127 Feet (2,477 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 34.21028, -105.77000
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American Iron Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Iron Mine
Secondary: American Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Gallinas Mountains District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: New Mexico Copper Corp.
Home Office: C.E. Degner, Presidentcarrizozo, Nm.
Years: 1959 -
Owner Name: Lincoln Ore And Metals Co. And A.F. Denison
Years: 1943 -
Production
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1942 To 1943
Material type: ORE FE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^54.5 To 56.2% Fe.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1943
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Diopside
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN WORKINGS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1949 CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS AND A 175 FT. TUNNEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 102-103, PLATE 8
Reference (Deposit): PERHAC, R.M., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 95, P. 35-47, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, M.J., 1947 USBM RI-3988, P. 5-6
Reference (Production): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 178.
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO. 2, P. 172-173, FIGURE 33 AND 34
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