American Iron Mine

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

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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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