Highline Prospect

Past Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10012899
MRDS ID D008902
Record type Site
Current site name Highline Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bull of the Woods Prospect: Patented Claims of the Solid Gold Group, Solid Gold, Dutch Joe: Bull of the Woods Group, Bull of the Woods, Ophir: Other Unpatented Claims Associated With the Highline Prospect, Iron Dyke Nos. 1 and 2, Table Rock, Silver Star Nos. 1 and 2, Go Between, Jim Dandy, Commonwealth, Comstock Nos. 1 and 2, French Joe, Green River Copper, Fraction, Charlotte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.42362, 36.60226 (WGS84)
Elevation 3505
Relative position ABOUT 16 MILES N 31 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 02,03 W2 (02); E2 (03) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MINES NEAR THE SUMMIT OF BULL-OF-THE-WOODS MOUNTAIN AS SHOWN ON THE WHEELER PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SILVER AND LEAD ARE REPORTED TO OCCUR ONLY ON THE SILVER STAR PROSPECT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.42362, 36.60226

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone Striking N 70 E Extends Through The Comstock Claims To The East And Through The Frazer Mine To The West.

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURES
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 70 TO 80 NW

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 last production 1956

Mining district

District name Rio Hondo District (Twining District)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Taos Uranium And Exploration Co.
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe Cannard Of Red River, N.M. And Elmer Burch Of Taos, N.M.
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OLD SHAFT AND NUMEROUS SHORT ADITS AND WERE REPORTED CAVED IN 1960. SURFACE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPENCUT AND STRIPPED PIT AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 22-24

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 95-96

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 110, PLATE 1, MAP 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1360 COVERING 34.101 ACRES AND 16 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 300 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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