Frazer Mine

Past Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087736
MRDS ID D008901
Record type Site
Current site name Frazer Mine
Alternate or previous names Frazer Mountain Copper Prospect: Patented Claims, Wigwam, Mazzaroth, Zone, Silver King: Unpatented Claims, Cliff, Northside, Alpine, Muskegon, Telegram, Cap Sheaf, Piute, Hidden Hen, Navajo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.44, 36.59532 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200
Relative position ABOUT 15 MILES N 29 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

Wheeler Peak(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 027N 014E 03,10 S2 (03); N2 (10) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CLAIMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRAZER MINE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.44, 36.59532

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 65 E Striking Shear Zone Extends East Through The Highline Prospect.

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURES
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip 80 NW

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 1904

Mining district

District name Rio Hondo District (Twining District)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Taos Uranium And Exploration Co.
    First year 1956

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS WHICH WERE MOSTLY CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE IN 1960. THE LA TUSA TUNNEL WAS REPORTED IN 1910 TO BE 1000 FT. LONG WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 83-84

  • Deposit

    PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 22

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 94-95

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 110, PLATE 1, MAP 2

  • Deposit

    BRIGGS, J., AND OTHERS, 1981 USBM COLUMBINE-HONDO RARE II FPA

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 816, 817, 818 AND 819, AND AT LEAST 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1956.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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.

External references