Cleveland Gulch Iron Deposit

The Cleveland Gulch Iron Deposit is a iron mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,380 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cleveland Gulch Iron Deposit
Secondary: Deposit Name: Cleveland Gulch-Burned Mountain Taconite
Secondary: North Cleveland Gulch, South Cleveland Gulch
Secondary: Claims: Ginger Gold
Secondary: Pecos Imperial 1-60
Secondary: Imperial Pecos 61-100
Secondary: Big Iron Lode 0-19
Secondary: Big Iron Lode 1-20

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: R. L. Gilmore
Home Office: Ojo Caliente, N.M.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1959
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

Type: L
Description: Faults In The Area Trend Ne And The Schistosity Parallels The Bedding Planes

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: BINGLER (1968, P. 105) REPORTS A COMPOSITE CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 35.6 PERCENT FE. HARRER AND KELLY (1963, P. 62) ANALYZED TWO SAMPLES THAT AVERAGED 33.7% FE, 0.13% P, 0.08% S, 0.13% TIO2, AND 0.2% MN.

Materials

Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Schist
Gangue: Phyllite
Gangue: Quartzite

Comments

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

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 (Development): MCLEROY (1970, P. 13) SUGGESTS THAT THE SCRUB OAK VEGETATION IN THE AREA MAY BE USEFUL IN DELINEATING THE IRON ORE BODY. MCLEROY SAYS "THE THICKEST GROWTHS ARE ON SLOPES WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF IRON CONCENTRATIONS. THE SCRUB OAKS HIGHEST ON THE SLOPES USUALLY DEFINE EXACTLY THE UPPER BOUNDARY OF THE IRON DEPOSIT."

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE CORNER POINT OF SECTIONS 19 AND 30, T28N, R8E AND SECTIONS 24 AND 25, T28N, R7E. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Reserve-Resource): BINGLER (1968, P. 106) CLAIMS THAT THIS ESTIMATE MAY BE GROSSLY EXAGGERATED.

Comment (Workings): THERE ARE SEVERAL SURFACE PROSPECT PITS IN THE AREA.

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): 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

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

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

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