Red River District

Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Silver, Copper, Gold, Platinum, Lead, Zinc, Tellurium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000953
MRDS ID M045548
Record type District
Current site name Red River District
Alternate or previous names Alum Gulch, Anchor, Bitter Creek, Black Copper Canyon, Black Mountain, Bobcat Creek, Goose Creek, Keystone, La Belle, Moly, Questa, Pioneer Creek, Placer Creek, Sulphur Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.40336, 36.70644 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR THE TOWN OF RED RIVER. DISTRICT INCLUDES T 29 N; R 15 E; T 28 N; R 15 E. IN THE TAOS RANGE OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS, ACC URATE WITHIN DISTRICT, ACC URATE WITHIN DISTRICT

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(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) PROPYLITIC
  • (Local) ARGILLIC

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 50
USGS model code 16
Deposit model name Climax Mo

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.40336, 36.70644

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description SEVERAL FAULT SYSTEMS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Discovery year 1867
Year of first production 1869

Mining district

District name RED RIVER DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner MOLY CORP OF AMERICA
    Year 1972

Reference information

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.