Republic Mine

The Republic Mine is a iron mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Republic Mine
Secondary: Union Hill

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro-Hanover District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1931
Time Period: 1916-1931
Description: Cp_Grade: ^52.4% Fe Avg Grade

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OF STEEPLY DIPPING ORDIVICIAN AND SILURIAN EL PASO LIMESTONE AND MONTOYA AND FUSSELMAN DOLOMITES ALONG WEST SIDE OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK. ORE BODIES CAN BE 300 M. LONG AND 6-24 M. THICK.

Comment (Production): ALSO PRODUCED ORE PRIOR TO 1916, AMOUNT IS UNKNOWN.

Comment (Location): REPUBLIC MINE JOINS WITH UNION HILL MINE

Comment (Workings): MINED TO A DEPTH OF 100 M. BY EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND OPENCUTS.

Comment (Development): COULD HAVE BEEN MINED IN EARLY 1800'S FOR FLUX.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 312- 313.

Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1908, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 380-E, P. 199-214.

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V. C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, N0. 2, P. 94-98.

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL. 39, P. 51-59.

Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C. M., AND KELLY, F. J., 1963, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8190, P. 29.

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J. H., 1964, NMBM BULL. 76, P. 50.

Reference (Production): KELLEY, V. C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P.94-98.

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