Jeter Mine

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, Barium-Barite, Manganese
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. 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -107.01698, 34.43897 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 28 MILES N 15 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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003N 002W 35 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF LADRON PEAK AND ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE LAZY C BAR J RANCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM L.S. HILPERT, 1969 P.105

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Barite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinized Andesitic Dikes Are Reported To Be A Fair Host For Uranium Deposition.

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED 0.03 % U3O8.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Popotosa
    Rock description Popotosa

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.01698, 34.43897

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Are Restricted To The Cerro Colorado Fault Zone Which Forms The Contact Between Tertiary And Precambrian Rocks.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTH TO NORTHEAST
    Dip 25 TO 30 EAST
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE LADRONS MOUNTAINS AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ladrons Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utco Uranium Corp.
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Utco Uranium Corp. (Late 1950'S).

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN PITS AND AN INCLINED SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • IN 1955 THE U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION CONDUCTED A COMBINATION CORE AND NON-CORE DRILLING PROJECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 55, P. 105-106

  • Deposit

    COLLINS, G.E., AND NYE, T.S., 1957 AEC OPEN FILE REPORT DAO-4-TM-8, P. 4-25

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references