Jack Frost Mine

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Barium-Barite, Vanadium, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012391
MRDS ID D007997
Record type Site
Current site name Jack Frost Mine
Alternate or previous names Jack Frost Group
Related records 10297069

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.25616, 34.1398 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 22 MILES N 75 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

Silver Hill(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 002S 004W 16 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR CIRC 76, 1964, P. 31

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Descloizite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE FROM THE DUMP CONTAINED 25.0% BASO4
Result 23.7% SIO2
Result 9.9% CACO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.25616, 34.1398

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 70 NE
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name North Magdalena District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. L. G. Development Corp.
    Home office 5757 Alpha Rd., Suite 600, Dallas, Tx. 75240
    First year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Claude Wallace
    Home office P.O. Box 22, Magdalena, N.M.
    First year 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 32M
    Overall depth 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF A 140 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH ABOUT 105 FT. OF DRIFTING ON FOUR LEVELS AND SEVERAL SHALLOW OPEN CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 41-42

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 31

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    NEW MEXICO STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1980 NEW REGISTRATIONS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 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