Sierrite Mine

The Sierrite Mine is a iron mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,600 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Sierrite Mine
Secondary: Sharpshooter Group 1945

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Imperial Corp.
Years: 1963 -

Owner Name: Sierrite Minerals Corp.
Years: 1939 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Year Last Production: 1939
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.0001 % TO 0.001 % BE, CS
Analytical Data: 0.001 % TO 0.01 % CR, CU, RB, SC, ZR
Analytical Data: 43 % SIO. SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF 0.01 % TO 0.1 % CO, NI, PB, MN, V
Analytical Data: 1.6 % CAO
Analytical Data: 0.44 % P
Analytical Data: 33 % SIO: LOWER BED AVERAGES 25 % FE
Analytical Data: 3.3 % CAO
Analytical Data: 0.45 % P
Analytical Data: UPPER BED AVERAGES 35 % FE

Materials

Ore: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Location): ON THE EAST FLANK OF THE CABALLO MOUNTAINS IN CABLE GULCH AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 5600 FT.

Comment (Deposit): UPPER ORE BED AVERAGES ABOUT 5.5 FT THICK, LOWER ORE BED AVERAGES ABOUT 5 FT THICK. 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF TWO SHALLOW OPENCUTS. MAIN CUT IS 110 FT LONG, 10 FT WIDE AND PARALLELS THE NORTH-SOUTH ESCARPMENT FACE. THE OTHER CUT IS ABOUT 500 FT NORTHEAST OF THE MAIN CUT AND IS 30 FT LONG AND 10 FT WIDE.

Comment (Geology): SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY

Comment (Deposit): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE. SIERRITE MINERALS CORP. OPERATED THIS MINE FOR HIGH GRADE MINERAL PIGMENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): KELLY, V.C., 1949 UNM PUB NO 2, P207

Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND KELLY, F.J., 1963 USBM IC8190, P66

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR, 1965, BULL 87, P179

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