Jones Magnetite

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Iron
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10151396
MRDS ID W016995
MAS/MILS ID 0350530237
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Magnetite
Alternate or previous names Rusty Bell, Vulcan and Iron Crown
Related records 10072203

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.16776, 33.8584 (WGS84)
Elevation 2011
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pink Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oscura Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(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

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 005 S 007 E 24 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) San Andres Limestone and Glorieta Sandstone

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dotson Mineral Corp(Lesser)And Ce D
    ID 2901830
    Year 1963
  • Type Operator
    Owner Otson Le Rogers Etal (Lessors)
    ID 2901830
    Year 1963

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER CM AND KELLY FT 1963 USBM 1C 8190 P78

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS EXTEND TO SEC19 30 T5S R8E AND SEC13 15 22 23 T5S R7E

  • Deposit

    KELLY VC 1949 UNIV NEW MEX PUB 2 P213

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JUN-84 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/26/1982
MSHA mine ID2901830
Mine name (MSHA)Jackfrost Mine
Current operatorG L G Development Corp
Current controller (parent)Centurion Builders Investment Corp
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references