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Juanita Mine

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012335
MRDS ID D007904
Record type Site
Current site name Juanita Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Juanita, Juanita Extension No. 1 Patented In 1906 and 1894.
Related records 10248525

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.19699, 34.08426 (WGS84)
Elevation 2385
Relative position ABOUT 17.5 MILES N 84 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Salado(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003S 003W 06 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group
    Rock description Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.19699, 34.08426
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Kelly-Graphic Fault Strikes N 20 W.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Replaced Favorable Host Rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: Magdalena District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. Barrett
    Home office 320 N. 6th St., Socorro, N.M.
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. C. Catron (Estate)
    Home office 107 Catron St., Santa Fe, N.M.
    First year 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • JUANITA TUNNEL, ABOUT 500 FT. IN LENGTH, PROVIDES ACCESS TO MORE THAN 2500 FT. OF DRIFTS, STOPES, WINZES AND RAISES LOCATED ALONG THE NORTHWEST STRIKING KELLY-GRAPHIC FAULT ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 241-258

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 33-35

  • Deposit

    LOUGHLIN, G.F., AND KOSCHMANN, A.H., 1942 USGS PP 200, 168 PAGES

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 135-139

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 40 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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