Capitan Iron Deposits

The Capitan Iron Deposits 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: Capitan Iron Deposits
Secondary: Capitan Group: Claims Patented In 1914
Secondary: Greenville Iron Lode
Secondary: Great Eastern Iron Lode
Secondary: Pittsburg Iron Lode
Secondary: Pittsburg Iron Lode No. 1: Unpatented Claims
Secondary: Grace Nos. 3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12, and 13

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Capitan 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: Francis A. Hunt
Home Office: Roswell, N.M.
Years: 1960 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1902
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: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 6.50% SIO2
Analytical Data: 0.75% AL203
Analytical Data: 9.70% CAO
Analytical Data: 0.05% TI
Analytical Data: 0.06% P
Analytical Data: 0.06% S
Analytical Data: KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P.147, REPORTED THAT COMPOSITE SAMPLES FROM THE DEPOSIT CONTAINED 48.10% FE
Analytical Data: 7.52% LOSS ON IGNITION.
Analytical Data: 8.90, INSOLUBLE
Analytical Data: 0.05% ZN
Analytical Data: 0.26, MN

Materials

Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Phlogopite
Gangue: Siderite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Development): EXPLORATORY DRILLING AND SAMPLING BY THE USBM IN 1944 AND 1947-48 CONSISTED OF 179 WAGON DRILL HOLES TOTALING 3490 FT., 7 CHURN-DRILL HOLES TOTALING 2488 FT., 4 TEST PITS TOTALING 75 FT., AND 1096 SAMPLES YIELDING 888 ASSAYS AND ONE LARGE METALLURGICAL SAMPLE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF MANY PITS AND TRENCHES.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF BEDDED AND IRREGULAR-SHAPED ORE BODIES LYING WITHIN A RING-SHAPED OUTCROP ABOUT 1300 FT. IN DIAMETER AND 100 FT. THICK. THE CENTRAL CORE OF THE DEPOSIT IS COMPOSED OF LIMESTONE, SANDSTONE, AND WEAKLY MINERALIZED BRECCIA. FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1440, 1441, 1442, AND 1443 COVERING 78.121 ACRES. TEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1951, 1952, AND 1953 COVERING ABOUT 190 ACRES.

References

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1947 USBM RI-4022, 8 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1949 USBM RI-4514, 5 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOGOLY, NO. 2, P.144-152

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 92-95

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Reserve-Resource): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 148.

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