Edison Mine

Past Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012590
MRDS ID D008282
Record type Site
Current site name Edison Mine
Alternate or previous names Anchor Mine: Claim Patented In 1904, Edison

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.33917, 36.38837 (WGS84)
Elevation 3170
Relative position ABOUT 27.5 MILES N 27 E OF TAOS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palo Flechado Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Taos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Taos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 029N 015E 09 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE ANCHOR MINE SHOWN ON THE COMANCHE POINT TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.33917, 36.38837

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone With Gold-Bearing Quartz Stringers Strikes N 50 E.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Red River District: Anchor Subdistrict: Upper Bitter Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Edison Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1900
  • Type Owner
    Owner M. K. Long
    First year 1900

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1960 WERE MOSTLY CAVED AND FLOODED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 88-89

  • Deposit

    PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 27

  • Deposit

    MCKINLAY, P.F., 1956 NMBMMR BULL 42, 32 PAGES, 1 PLATE

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 56-57

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, MAP 2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1133 COVERING 10.289 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.