Jones Camp 1900's

The Jones Camp 1900's is a iron mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,601 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Jones Camp 1900's
Secondary: Jones Magnetite-Hematite Deposit: Vulcan Group 1927 Claims
Secondary: Vulcan Nos. 1 To 26: Iron Crown Group 1941 Claims
Secondary: Iron Crown Nos. 1 To 3: Rusty Bell Group 1950's Claims
Secondary: Rusty Bell Nos. 1 To 40

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Chupadera Mesa Area: Jones District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Carl E. Dotson, L. E. Rodgers And J. D. Mell (1960'S)

Owner Name: Dotson Mineral Corp. Of Socorro, N. M. (1960'S)

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
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

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSE

Structure

Type: L
Description: Monzonite Dike Was Intruded Along The West-Northwest Trending Axis Of A Large Anticline.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.09 % MN
Analytical Data: 0.11 % P
Analytical Data: 0.18 % TIO2
Analytical Data: 0.74 % AL2O3
Analytical Data: 1.399 % S
Analytical Data: 4.31 % SIO2
Analytical Data: 53.41 % FE
Analytical Data: AVERAGE OF 50 COMPOSITE TRENCH SAMPLES CONTAINED

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Limestone
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Sandstone
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Actinolite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS LENTICULAR REPLACEMENTS OF LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO A WEST-NORTHWEST STRIKING MONZONITE DIKE. DIMENSIONS ESTABLISHED FOR 23 ORE BODIES RANGED FROM 150 FT. TO 1500 FT. IN LENGTH AND FROM 1 FT. TO 30 FT. IN THICKNESS. MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE HAVE ALSO CONCENTRATED IN PLACERS AND COLLUVIAL DEPOSITS CONSTITUTING AS MUCH AS 70 % OF THE MASS. 32 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS AND 8 PLACER CLAIMS

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1963 CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS EXPLORATORY TRENCHES AND PITS, 2 OLD SHAFTS AS MUCH AS 60 FT. DEEP, A CROSSCUT, AND AN ADIT.

Comment (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, REPORTED INDICATED RESERVES OF ABOUT 143000 TONS AND INFERRED RESERVES OF 510000 TONS WHICH WOULD AVERAGE 55 % TO 60 % FE. NEARLY 90 % OF THE RESERVES OCCUR IN 10 ORE BODIES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM C.M. HARRER AND F.J. KELLY, 1963 P. 82. COPPER IS PRESENT IN ACCESSORY MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH IGNEOUS DIKE CONTACTS.

Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION ARE FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE DEPOSITS WHICH OCCUR ALONG A NORTHWEST TRENDING RIDGE BETWEEN LUTZ CANYON AND LOBO CANYON.

Comment (Development): DURING 1942 THE USBM EXPLORED THE DEPOSITS WITH 58 TRENCHS AND SAMPLED 50 OF THE TRENCHES, 2 OLD SHAFTS, A CROSSCUT AND AN ADIT. IN 1959 THE DEPOSITS WERE CORE-DRILLED BY CLEVELAND CLIFFS IRON CO.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 51-53, P. 203-205

Reference (Deposit): EMMENS, N.W., 1906 MIN. MAG., VOL 13, P. 109-116

Reference (Deposit): KEYES, C.R., 1904 IRON DEPOSITS OF THE CHUPADERA MESA, ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., VOL 78, P. 632

Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 102-103

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR, 1965 BULL 87, P. 176-183

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949 U.N.M. PUB 4, P. 213-223

Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND KELLY, F.J., 1963 IC-8190, P.78-84

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