Gallinas Iron Mine

The Gallinas Iron Mine is a iron mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,900 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gallinas Iron Mine
Secondary: Gallinas Mine Or Red Cliff Mine: Claims
Secondary: Gallinas Nos. 1 and 2

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Gallinas Mountains 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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Dudley Cornell, P.C. Teas, And Vincent Moore
Years: 1942 -

Production

Year: 1942
Time Period: 1942
Description: Cp_Grade: ^48.7% Fe.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1942
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: LENSE

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.09% P.
Analytical Data: 0.13% S
Analytical Data: 0.25% ZN
Analytical Data: 0.28% MGO
Analytical Data: 0.40% MN
Analytical Data: 7.3% CAO
Analytical Data: 48.7% FE
Analytical Data: AVERAGE COMPOSITION

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Limestone
Gangue: Gypsum

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1949 CONSISTED OF TWO SEPARATE OPEN PITS. THE SOUTH PIT IS MORE THAN 125 FT. LONG, 100 FT. WIDE, AND 10 FT. DEEP. THE NORTH PIT IS ABOUT 100 FT. LONG, 25 FT. WIDE, AND 10 FT. DEEP.

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

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN TWO NEARLY HORIZONTAL LENS-SHAPED ORE BODIES, ONE ABOUT 150 FT. LONG BY 20 FT. WIDE BY 6 FT. THICK AND THE OTHER ABOUT 100 FT. LONG BY 60 FT. WIDE BY 8 FT. THICK. TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1942.

References

Reference (Production): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 177.

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO. 2, P. 176-177

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 103-104

Reference (Deposit): PERHAC, R.M., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 95, P. 35-47, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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