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Mem Phis Mine

Past Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012595
MRDS ID D008291
Record type Site
Current site name Mem Phis Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims Patented In 1905 and 1906: Cora Gibson, Memphis: Memphis Group Patented In 1906, Cora Gibson No. 2, Tenessee, Comstock, Sheba, Mamouth

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.34167, 36.73421 (WGS84)
Elevation 2957
Relative position ABOUT 26 MILES N 30 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

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 029N 015E 21 S2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE MEMPHIS MINE AS SHOWN ON THE RED RIVER PASS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.34167, 36.73421
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURES

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 1895
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Red River District: Anchor Subdistrict: Bitter Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Memphis Red River Mining Co.
    First year 1930
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kershner Brothers
    Home office Red River, N.M.
    First year 1960

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period Up To 1960
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 11g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AVERAGE VALUE BASED ON GOLD AT 35 DOLLARS PER OZ.; SILVER AT 0.92 DOLLARS PER OZ..

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 335.28M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 1100 FT. OF WORKINGS CONTAINING FOUR ADITS WITH A FEW SMALL STOPES, CROSSCUTS AND RAISES. IN 1960 THREE OF THE ADITS WERE REPORTED TO BE CAVED AT THE PORTALS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 88.

  • Deposit

    PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 25

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 63-68

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., 1968 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 63, P. 553-566

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 111-115, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 67

  • Reserve-Resource

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 66

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1146, 1147, AND 1215 COVERING A TOTAL OF 125. 896 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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