Iron Mountain Deposit

The Iron Mountain Deposit is a mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,910 feet.

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

Name: Iron Mountain Deposit  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Sierra

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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