South Fork Mine

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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10297339
MAS/MILS ID 0350550204
Record type Site
Current site name South Fork Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.50696, 36.57364 (WGS84)
Elevation 2634
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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

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 027 N 013 E 13 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE WORKED IN 1905

  • Deposit

    A 10-STAMP CYANIDE MILL BUILT

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION SMALL - ORE "LOW GRADE

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING J H 1960 NMBM BULL 71 P93-94

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 83

  • Deposit

    HOWARD, E. VIET; METALLIFEROUS OCCURRENCES IN N. M., STATE

  • Deposit

    PLANNING OFFICE, SANTA FE, N. M., 1967, P. 214, 215

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