| Deposit ID | 10089319 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016985 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Jeter Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Also Known As the Charley 2 Deposit. |
| Related records | 10175202 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.01698, 34.43897 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1737 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 28 MILES N 15 W OF SOCORRO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Socorro(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ladron Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Puerco(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Socorro |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 003N | 002W | 35 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pitchblende | Ore |
| Tyuyamunite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Barite | Unknown |
| Result | ORE AVERAGED 0.03 % U3O8. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone |
| Rock unit name | Popotosa |
| Rock description | Popotosa |
| (1) | -107.01698, 34.43897 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deposits Are Restricted To The Cerro Colorado Fault Zone Which Forms The Contact Between Tertiary And Precambrian Rocks. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH TO NORTHEAST |
| Dip | 25 TO 30 EAST |
| Thickness | 4.57M |
| Length | 152.4M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1954 |
| Year of first production | 1954 |
| Year of last production | 1958 |
| District name | Ladrons Mountains Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Utco Uranium Corp. |
| First year | 1958 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Utco Uranium Corp. (Late 1950'S). |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016985 |
HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 55, P. 105-106
COLLINS, G.E., AND NYE, T.S., 1957 AEC OPEN FILE REPORT DAO-4-TM-8, P. 4-25
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR ALONG A FAULT ZONE AND MINERALIZATION RANGES FROM 2 FT. TO 15 FT. THICK FOR ABOUT 500 FT. IN LENGTH. THE MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED IN POCKETS AND ALONG FRACTURES AND BEDDING PLANES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-76 | Weeks, Robert | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-81 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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