Jaw Bone Mine

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014237
MRDS ID D010917
Record type Site
Current site name Jaw Bone Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims Patented In 1900 and 1905, Jaw Bone, Detroit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.2392, 36.72781 (WGS84)
Elevation 3062
Relative position ABOUT 17.5 MILES N 83 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burned Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 029N 007E 19 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Moppin Metavolcanic Series
    Rock description Moppin Metavolcanic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.2392, 36.72781

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NORTHWEST
    Dip 65 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Discoverer George Gallup And Peter Mcrae
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1903

Mining district

District name Hopewell District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jaw Bone Mining Co.
    First year 1903
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dodson Minerals Corp.
    Home office Socorro, N.M.
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1910 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS WITH SHORT DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 126-128

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 83-85

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1044 AND 1121 COVERING A TOTAL OF 20.02 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1983 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references