The Jacks and Sixes Prospect is a molybdenum mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 10,000 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 10,000 Feet (3,048 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 36.71028, -105.35111
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Jacks and Sixes Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jacks and Sixes Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Taos
District: Red River District: Bobcat Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: H. E. Dodd
Years: 1935 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur Along The Granite-Quartzite Contact.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ABOUT 0.5 MILE DUE NORTH OF STATE ROUTE 38 AT A POINT ABOUT 0.5 MILE WEST OF BOBCAT PASS.
Comment (Deposit): 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1935.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1960 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPENCUTS, A CAVED ADIT ABOUT 100 FT. LONG AND ANOTHER ADIT ABOUT 200 FT. LONG.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, MAP 2
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 71-72
Reference (Deposit): PARKS, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 31
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