Mine detail: Jones Mine

Previously called 'Mine: Johnie JonesJohnnie JonesJohnny JonesClaims: 6 Unpatented Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.73284, -105.72389

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Quartz, Tremolite
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1899

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Meta-Volcanics
Host type:	Metavolcanic Rock
Associated rock:	Meta-Volcanics
Associated type:	Metavolcanic Rock
Structure:	Pecos-Picuris Fault, Jones Shear Zone
Tectonic:	Sangre De Cristo Uplift
Alteration processes:	The Rhyolite Has Intense Hydrothermal Alteration (Riesmeyer, 1978, P. 18)

References

MRDS	D011781
DEP	10014814
Reference	{Deposit:: WILSON, ALFRED S.R., 1920, REPORT ON THE JOHNIE JONES MINE; AUGUSTUS LOCKE PAPERS, UNIV. OF WYOMING, LARAMIE.}{Deposit:: HARLEY, G.W., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 51.}{Deposit:: RIESMEYER, W.D., 1978, UNPUBLISHED MASTE * THESIS, UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO}{Deposit:: USGS, ET AL., 1980, USGS OFR 80-382, P. 84-87}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Murray, Diane