Iron Mountain Deposit

The Iron Mountain Deposit is a mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,910 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Iron Mountain Deposit

Commodity

Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Iron Mountain District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Type: State Lease
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Imperial Corp --- Principal Owner
Percent: 75.00
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Grossularite
Unknown: Hedenbergite
Unknown: Idocrase
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT MAY IN TIME BE ECONOMIC. COMPLEX METALLURGY.

Comment (Geology): THE CHIEF SOURCE OF BERYLLIUM IS THE MINERAL HELVITE, A COMPLEX SILICATE-SULFIDE.

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RYNEARSON, G.A. AND F.G. WELLS. BERYLLIUM AND TUNGSTEN

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEPOSITS OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, SIERRA AND SOCORRO

Reference (Reserve-Resource): COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO, BUMINES BULL 945-C, 1944, PP 45-79.

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS,F.E. 1966 US BU MINS IC 8307 PP 113-114

Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013

Reference (Deposit): BEUS, A.A. BERYLLIUM. W.H. FREEMAN AND CO., SAN FRANCISCO,

Reference (Deposit): 1962, 161 P.

Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H.C. NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES IN ARIZONA,

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, UTAH AND FOUR ADJACENT STATES.

Reference (Deposit): BUMINES RI 6828, 1966, P 40-41.

Reference (Deposit): STORMS, W.R. IRON MOUNTAIN BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS, SIERRA AND

Reference (Deposit): SOCORRO COUNTIES, N. MEXICO. R.I. 4024, 1947, 13 PP.

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H. "RIBBON ROCK", AN UNUSUAL BERYLLIUM-BEARING

Reference (Deposit): TACTITE. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1944, VOL 39 NO. 3 P 173-205.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. BERYLLIUM. MINERAL COMMODITY PROFILES,

Reference (Deposit): AUGUST 1979.

Reference (Deposit): PROCEEDINGS OF THE BERYLLIUM CONFERENCE, MARCH 23, 24 AND 25

Reference (Deposit): 1970 PUBLICATION NMAB-272, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES--

Reference (Deposit): NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING, WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY

Reference (Deposit): 1970, 655 PP.

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