Jeter Mine

The Jeter Mine is a uranium mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,699 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Jeter Mine
Secondary: Also Known As the Charley 2 Deposit.

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Ladrons Mountains Area

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Utco Uranium Corp. (Late 1950'S).

Owner Name: Utco Uranium Corp.
Years: 1958 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1954
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: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposits Are Restricted To The Cerro Colorado Fault Zone Which Forms The Contact Between Tertiary And Precambrian Rocks.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinized Andesitic Dikes Are Reported To Be A Fair Host For Uranium Deposition.

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED 0.03 % U3O8.

Materials

Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Limonite
Unknown: Barite

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF LADRON PEAK AND ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE LAZY C BAR J RANCH.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN PITS AND AN INCLINED SHAFT.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE LADRONS MOUNTAINS AREA.

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM L.S. HILPERT, 1969 P.105

Comment (Development): IN 1955 THE U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION CONDUCTED A COMBINATION CORE AND NON-CORE DRILLING PROJECT.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR ALONG A FAULT ZONE AND MINERALIZATION RANGES FROM 2 FT. TO 15 FT. THICK FOR ABOUT 500 FT. IN LENGTH. THE MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED IN POCKETS AND ALONG FRACTURES AND BEDDING PLANES.

References

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 55, P. 105-106

Reference (Deposit): COLLINS, G.E., AND NYE, T.S., 1957 AEC OPEN FILE REPORT DAO-4-TM-8, P. 4-25

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