| Deposit ID | 10014075 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010696 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yellow Jacket Iron Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Yellow Jacket Mine: Yellow Jacket Group of Claims Patented In 1918, Wasp, Yellow Jacket, Yellow Jacket No.2, Olga: Unpatented Claims, Crown Point, Crown Point No.2, Yellow Jacket No.3 |
| Related records | 10174863 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.78805, 33.77177 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1951 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 10 MILES N 19 E OF CARRIZOZO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lone Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Roswell(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
Lincoln National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 006S | 011E | 22 | E2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Model code | 62 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18d |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Fe |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | San Andres Formation |
| Rock description | San Andres Formation |
| (1) | -105.78805, 33.77177 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 10.67M |
| Length | 45.72M |
| Width | 38.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1913 |
| Year of last production | 1942 |
| District name | White Oaks District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|---|
| Area name | Blm Roswell Resource Area |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Victory Mining Co. |
| Home office | Carrizozo, N.M. |
| First year | 1942 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Edna Lehman Davis And Adele Lehman |
| Home office | Alhambra, Ca. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Year | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1913 To 1942 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^58.2% Fe. | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010696 |
SHERIDAN, M.J., 1947 USBM RI-3988, P. 14-16
KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO. 2, P. 154-156
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 97-98
SMITH, C.T., AND BUDDING, A.J. 1959 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-11
SMITH, C.T., 1964 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 15TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P.92-99
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 156.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF THREE PRINCIPAL ORE BODIES RANGING FROM 12 TO 35 FT. THICK, 75 TO 150 FT. LONG, AND MINED DOWN DIP FOR A DISTANCE OF UP TO 125 FT...FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS AND THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS,MINER AL SURVEY NUMBER 1673, COVERING 142.605 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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