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Midnight Mine

Past Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087611
MRDS ID D008292
Record type Site
Current site name Midnight Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.35278, 36.76393 (WGS84)
Elevation 3216
Relative position ABOUT 27.5 MILES N 26 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

Comanche Point(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

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 08 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE MIDNIGHT MINE AS 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

Analytical data

Result SHEAR ZONE

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURES

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

Mining district

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. A. Pratt
    First year 1947

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH SEVERAL LEVELS CONTAINING SHORT DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. THE SHAFT WAS CAVED IN 1947.

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. 27-28

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P.55

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

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.

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