Mine detail: Jones Camp 190*

Previously called 'Jones Magnetite-Hematite Deposit: Vulcan Group 1927 ClaimsVulcan Nos. 1 To 26: Iron Crown Group 1941 ClaimsIron Crown Nos. 1 To 3: Rusty Bell Group 195* ClaimsRusty Bell Nos. 1 To 40'

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.86343, -106.16639
dep_id: 10072203
mrds_id: W016995
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite
gangue: Actinolite, Calcite, Clay, Gypsum, Limestone, Sandstone, Tremolite
orebody_fm: LENSE
work_type: Surface/Underground
conc_proc: Pyrometasomatism
ore_ctrl: Ore Deposition Was Controlled By Favorable Host Rock For Replacement Processes, Proximity To Intrusive Igneous Rocks, And Small-Scale Anticlinal Folds In The Host Rock.
Reporter: Weeks, Robert, Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Yeso
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diabase
Structure: Monzonite Dike Was Intruded Along The West-Northwest Trending Axis Of A Large Anticline.
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 102-103
  • Deposit:: KEYES, C.R., 1904 IRON DEPOSITS OF THE CHUPADERA MESA, ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., VOL 78, P. 632
  • Deposit:: EMMENS, N.W., 1906 MIN. MAG., VOL 13, P. 109-116
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 51-53, P. 203-205
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1949 U.N.M. PUB 4, P. 213-223
  • Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., AND KELLY, F.J., 1963 IC-8190, P.78-84
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR, 1965 BULL 87, P. 176-183
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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