Red River

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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064816
MRDS ID TC39363
Record type Site
Current site name Red River
Alternate or previous names Includes Bitter, Gold, Spring, And Placer Creeks

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.50056, 36.50004 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arroyo Seco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Taos

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.50056, 36.50004

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip }

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUATERNARY WITH MINOR CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TERTIARY GRAVEL BENCHES. BEDROCK SOURCE: OLIGOCENE SKARN, VEIN DEPOSITS, MINOR CONTRIBUTION FROM PRECAMBRIAN VEIN DEPOSITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • WORKED BY SPANISH (1800'S)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTAINED METAL: 15,600 G AU

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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