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South Fork Peak Deposit

Prospect in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087739
MRDS ID D008908
Record type Site
Current site name South Fork Peak Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.47889, 36.55226 (WGS84)
Elevation 3353
Relative position ABOUT 11.5 MILES N 28 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)

Wheeler Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 19,20,29,30 SE (19); SW (20); NW (29); NE (30) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE DEPOSIT. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FOR ANALYSES OF 17 MINERALIZED ROCK SAMPLES FROM THE SOUTH FORK PEAK DEPOSIT SEE LUDINGTON, S., 1981 USGS OFR 81-1080, P. 6.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.47889, 36.55226
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Length 914.4M
    Width 609.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Stockwork Occurs Along And Above The Upper Contact Of A Tertiary Granite Pluton.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio Hondo District (Twining District)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Molybdenum Corp. Of America (Questa Division)
    Home office Questa, N.M. 87556
    First year 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS REPORTED.

Comments on development

  • MOLYBDENUM CORP. OF AMERICA IS REPORTED TO HAVE STAKED CLAIMS ON THE SOUTH FORK PEAK DEPOSIT IN THE SUMMER OF 1981.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LUDINGTON, S., 1981 USGS OFR 81-1080, 8 PAGES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STOCKWORK VEINS RANGE FROM LESS THAN 1 MM TO 10 CM IN WIDTH AND SHOW NO PREFERRED ORIENTATION. VEINS ARE SPACED AS CLOSE AS 100 PER METER IN MOST INTENSE STOCKWORK AND NEAR THE FRINGES OF THE STOCKWORK ARE SPACED ABOUT 5 PER METER. THE STOCKWORK MINERALIZATION COVERS AN AREA ABOUT ONE SQUARE KILOMETER (0.3 SQUARE MILES).

Reporter information

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

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