The Rare Metals Prospect is a iron mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Rare Metals Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rare Metals Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Gallinas
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1945
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Galena
Ore: Hematite
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREASITE OF 150' ADIT, 50' SHAFT, TRENCHES, AND PITS.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): CONTAINS A FEW TENS OF THOUSAND SHORT TONS HAVING 40-50% FE.
Comment (Workings): IN 1943, USBM DID MAJOR STRIPPING AND SAMPLING. WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHORT ADITS AND TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS.
Comment (Geology): RADIOACTIVE IRON MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Deposit): CONTAINS A FEW TONS OF THOUSAND ST AT 40-50% FE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1940'S
References
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, NO. 2, 246 P. MCLEMORE, V.T., 1981, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 155, 267 P
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