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Jacks and Sixes Prospect

Occurrence in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. 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 10012592
MRDS ID D008287
Record type Site
Current site name Jacks and Sixes Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.35167, 36.71032 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT I4 MILES N 31 E OF TAOS., Within A Radius Of 1500 Feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red River Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(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 Taos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 029N 015E 32,33 NE OF NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT 0.5 MILE DUE NORTH OF STATE ROUTE 38 AT A POINT ABOUT 0.5 MILE WEST OF BOBCAT PASS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.35167, 36.71032
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along The Granite-Quartzite Contact.

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip STEEPLY NORTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red River District: Bobcat Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. E. Dodd
    First year 1935

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1960 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPENCUTS, A CAVED ADIT ABOUT 100 FT. LONG AND ANOTHER ADIT ABOUT 200 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKS, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 31

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 71-72

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, MAP 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1935.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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