Iron Mountain Mine

The Iron Mountain Mine is a iron mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,902 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Iron Mountain Mine
Secondary: Iron Mountain Taconite

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Secondary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Hopewell District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Dotson Mineral Corp.
Home Office: Socorro, N.M.
Years: 1963 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Hopewell Anticline; The Axial Trace Is N 60 W, And It Plunges 35 To 45 Nw

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Iron Formation
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Iron Formation
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: HERRER AND KELLY (1963) REPORT AN ASSAY OF 40.1% FE, 0.26% P, 0.12% S, 0.1% TIO2, (0.1% MN)

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Schist
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Phyllite

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE PORTAL OF THE ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT WAS MAPPED BY RECONNAISSANCE, DIPNEEDLE AND MAGNETOMETER WORK.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 300 FT INCLINED SHAFT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Geology): BINGLER (1968, P. 106) SAYS SEVERAL WRITERS HAVE CLASSIFIED THE PRECAMBRIAN IRON-RICH GREENSCHIST AS TACONITE, THE TYPICAL FERRUGINOUS CHERT OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON DISTRICT.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., W.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 200, P. 128

Reference (Deposit): BARKER, F., 1958, NMBMMR BULL 45, P. 20, 66

Reference (Deposit): BERTHOLF, W.E., 1960, NMBMMR CIRC. 54, 24 P.

Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND F.J. KELLY, 1963, USBM IC 8190, P. 60-63

Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 101-106

Reference (Deposit): MCLEROY, D.F., 1970, NMBMMR OFR 21, 244 P.

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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