The Ferro Mine is a iron mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Ferro Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ferro Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: White Oaks
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: J. B. Close
Years: 1959 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Year Last Production: 1953
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: Hematite
Ore: Pyrite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Actinolite
Unknown: Hedenbergite
Comments
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREA
Comment (Deposit): A MAGNETITE VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG THE CONTACT OF SAN ANDRES FM AND SYENITE INTRUSIVE.
Comment (Geology): RADIOACTIVE ZONES IN IRON SKARN. .0083-.0094% U2O8.
Comment (Deposit): PRODUCTION: 4,116 ST OF FE ORE IN 1952-53.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P. MCLEMORE, V.T., 1981, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 155, 267 P
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