The Iron Mountain Deposit is a mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,910 feet.
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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
Elevation: 7,910 Feet (2,411 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 33.475, -107.63470
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Iron Mountain Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Mountain Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Iron Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: State Lease
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Imperial Corp --- Principal Owner
Percent: 75.00
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Grossularite
Unknown: Hedenbergite
Unknown: Idocrase
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT MAY IN TIME BE ECONOMIC. COMPLEX METALLURGY.
Comment (Geology): THE CHIEF SOURCE OF BERYLLIUM IS THE MINERAL HELVITE, A COMPLEX SILICATE-SULFIDE.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RYNEARSON, G.A. AND F.G. WELLS. BERYLLIUM AND TUNGSTEN
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEPOSITS OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, SIERRA AND SOCORRO
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO, BUMINES BULL 945-C, 1944, PP 45-79.
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS,F.E. 1966 US BU MINS IC 8307 PP 113-114
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013
Reference (Deposit): BEUS, A.A. BERYLLIUM. W.H. FREEMAN AND CO., SAN FRANCISCO,
Reference (Deposit): 1962, 161 P.
Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H.C. NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES IN ARIZONA,
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, UTAH AND FOUR ADJACENT STATES.
Reference (Deposit): BUMINES RI 6828, 1966, P 40-41.
Reference (Deposit): STORMS, W.R. IRON MOUNTAIN BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS, SIERRA AND
Reference (Deposit): SOCORRO COUNTIES, N. MEXICO. R.I. 4024, 1947, 13 PP.
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H. "RIBBON ROCK", AN UNUSUAL BERYLLIUM-BEARING
Reference (Deposit): TACTITE. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1944, VOL 39 NO. 3 P 173-205.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. BERYLLIUM. MINERAL COMMODITY PROFILES,
Reference (Deposit): AUGUST 1979.
Reference (Deposit): PROCEEDINGS OF THE BERYLLIUM CONFERENCE, MARCH 23, 24 AND 25
Reference (Deposit): 1970 PUBLICATION NMAB-272, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES--
Reference (Deposit): NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING, WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY
Reference (Deposit): 1970, 655 PP.
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