Elda Iron Mine

The Elda Iron Mine is a iron mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,699 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Elda Iron Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)

Commodity: Iron

Lat, Long: 34.05861, -105.66361

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Elda Iron Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Elda Iron Mine
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Consolidated No. 1
Secondary: Iron Rail
Secondary: Iron Contact


Commodity

Primary: Iron


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Tecolote Iron District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Lon Jenkins
Home Office: Corona, N.M.
Years: 1919 -

Owner Name: Lincoln Ore And Metals Co.
Years: 1940 -


Production

Year: 1919
Time Period: 1915 To 1919
Description: Cp_Grade: ^54.5% Fe.


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1919
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: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Magnetite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1940'S.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1949 CONSISTED OF FIVE INCLINED AND VERTICAL SHAFTS THAT LEAD TO IRREGULAR SHAPED AREAS MINED BY ROOM AND PILLAR METHODS.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS.


References

Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, M.J., 1947 USBM RI-3988, P. 9

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO 2, P. 166-169

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 101-102

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 98, MAP 1

Reference (Production): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 169.


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