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Jones Camp 1900's

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072203
MRDS ID W016995
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Camp 1900's
Alternate or previous names Jones Magnetite-Hematite Deposit: Vulcan Group 1927 Claims, Vulcan Nos. 1 To 26: Iron Crown Group 1941 Claims, Iron Crown Nos. 1 To 3: Rusty Bell Group 1950's Claims, Rusty Bell Nos. 1 To 40
Related records 10151396

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.16639, 33.86343 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 50 MILES S 75 E OF SOCORRO., Within A Radius Of 2 Miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pink Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oscura Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 005S;005S 007E;008E 14,15,23,24;19,30 SW (14); SE (15); NE (23); N2 (24); SW (19); NE (30) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION ARE FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE DEPOSITS WHICH OCCUR ALONG A NORTHWEST TRENDING RIDGE BETWEEN LUTZ CANYON AND LOBO CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM C.M. HARRER AND F.J. KELLY, 1963 P. 82. COPPER IS PRESENT IN ACCESSORY MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH IGNEOUS DIKE CONTACTS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limestone Gangue
Sandstone Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE OF 50 COMPOSITE TRENCH SAMPLES CONTAINED
Result 53.41 % FE
Result 4.31 % SIO2
Result 1.399 % S
Result 0.74 % AL2O3
Result 0.18 % TIO2
Result 0.11 % P
Result 0.09 % MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Yeso
    Rock description Yeso

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Monzonite Dike Was Intruded Along The West-Northwest Trending Axis Of A Large Anticline.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Deposition Was Controlled By Favorable Host Rock For Replacement Processes, Proximity To Intrusive Igneous Rocks, And Small-Scale Anticlinal Folds In The Host Rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Chupadera Mesa Area: Jones District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dotson Mineral Corp. Of Socorro, N. M. (1960'S)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl E. Dotson, L. E. Rodgers And J. D. Mell (1960'S)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1963 CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS EXPLORATORY TRENCHES AND PITS, 2 OLD SHAFTS AS MUCH AS 60 FT. DEEP, A CROSSCUT, AND AN ADIT.

Comments on development

  • DURING 1942 THE USBM EXPLORED THE DEPOSITS WITH 58 TRENCHS AND SAMPLED 50 OF THE TRENCHES, 2 OLD SHAFTS, A CROSSCUT AND AN ADIT. IN 1959 THE DEPOSITS WERE CORE-DRILLED BY CLEVELAND CLIFFS IRON CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 102-103

  • Deposit

    KEYES, C.R., 1904 IRON DEPOSITS OF THE CHUPADERA MESA, ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., VOL 78, P. 632

  • Deposit

    EMMENS, N.W., 1906 MIN. MAG., VOL 13, P. 109-116

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 51-53, P. 203-205

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., 1949 U.N.M. PUB 4, P. 213-223

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., AND KELLY, F.J., 1963 IC-8190, P.78-84

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR, 1965 BULL 87, P. 176-183

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS LENTICULAR REPLACEMENTS OF LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO A WEST-NORTHWEST STRIKING MONZONITE DIKE. DIMENSIONS ESTABLISHED FOR 23 ORE BODIES RANGED FROM 150 FT. TO 1500 FT. IN LENGTH AND FROM 1 FT. TO 30 FT. IN THICKNESS. MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE HAVE ALSO CONCENTRATED IN PLACERS AND COLLUVIAL DEPOSITS CONSTITUTING AS MUCH AS 70 % OF THE MASS. 32 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS AND 8 PLACER CLAIMS
Deposit KELLEY, V.C., 1949, REPORTED INDICATED RESERVES OF ABOUT 143000 TONS AND INFERRED RESERVES OF 510000 TONS WHICH WOULD AVERAGE 55 % TO 60 % FE. NEARLY 90 % OF THE RESERVES OCCUR IN 10 ORE BODIES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Weeks, Robert New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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