Jack Iron Mines

The Jack Iron Mines is a iron mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,850 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Jack Iron Mines
Secondary: Jack Mines, Jack No. 1 Mine, Jack No. 3 Mine: Claims
Secondary: Jack Nos. 1, 2, and 3

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Jicarilla District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Vincent Moore And H.A. Livingston
Years: 1940 -

Owner Name: Ancho Mining Co.
Years: 1943 -

Production

Year: 1943
Time Period: 1918 To 1943
Description: Cp_Grade: ^55 To 65% Fe.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1943
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: Sacramento Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Fe

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1940'S.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1949 CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT AND SHORT DRIFTS AT THE JACK NO. 1 MINE, AND A SMALL OPEN CUT OR TRENCH AT THE JACK NO. 3 MINE.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN WORKINGS OF THE JACK NO. 1 MINE. THE JACK NO. 3 MINE IS LOCATED ABOUT 3200 FT. SOUTH OF THE JACK NO. 1 MINE.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, AND 1943.

References

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO 2, P. 158-161

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 99-100

Reference (Deposit): SEGERSTROM, K., AND RYBERG, G.E., 1974 USGS BULL 1308, P. 18-19, PLATE 1

Reference (Production): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 161.

Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, M.J., 1947 USBM RI-3988, P. 9-10

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