Jack Frost Mine

The Jack Frost Mine is a lead mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,450 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Jack Frost Mine
Secondary: Jack Frost Group

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: North Magdalena District

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: Claude Wallace
Home Office: P.O. Box 22, Magdalena, N.M.
Years: 1981 -

Owner Name: G. L. G. Development Corp.
Home Office: 5757 Alpha Rd., Suite 600, Dallas, Tx. 75240
Years: 1981 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 9.9% CACO3
Analytical Data: 23.7% SIO2
Analytical Data: A SAMPLE FROM THE DUMP CONTAINED 25.0% BASO4

Materials

Ore: Barite
Ore: Descloizite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR CIRC 76, 1964, P. 31

Comment (Deposit): 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF A 140 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH ABOUT 105 FT. OF DRIFTING ON FOUR LEVELS AND SEVERAL SHALLOW OPEN CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): NEW MEXICO STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1980 NEW REGISTRATIONS

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 31

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 41-42

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