Memphis Mine

Past Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150993
MAS/MILS ID 0350550168
Record type Site
Current site name Memphis Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.34136, 36.73314 (WGS84)
Elevation 2957
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red River Pass(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 029 N 015 E 21 NWNWSE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.34136, 36.73314

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Memphis Red River Mining Co
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kershner Brothers
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1959

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABOUT 3500 TONS OF 0.4 AU MINED

  • Deposit

    INCLUDES EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS - MEMPHIS, CORA GIBSON,

  • Deposit

    CORA GIBSON NO. 2, HOMESTAKE, TENNESSEE, MAMMOUTH.

  • Deposit

    COMSTOCK, AND SHEBA - ALSO SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING J H 1960 NMBM BULL 71 P 63-68

  • Deposit

    FAIN, C. O.; RED RIVER DISTRICT, SOUTH-WESTERN MINES,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 2, NO. 3, P. 3

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR CIRC. 18, P. 25

  • Deposit

    REED, E. F.; RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT OF N. M., COLO. SCH.

  • Deposit

    OF MINES M. S. THESIS, 1922, P. 24-27

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 88

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources 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