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South Fork Mine

Occurrence in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012902
MRDS ID D008907
Record type Site
Current site name South Fork Mine
Alternate or previous names Unpatented Claims, Empire, Fine View, Fraction

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.50917, 36.57532 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 12 MILES N 17 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

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)

Columbine-Hondo 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 013E 13 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE MAIN WORKINGS ARE LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RIO HONDO AT THEJUNCTION WITH THE SOUTH FORK OF THE RIO HONDO. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite 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) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.50917, 36.57532
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Prospects Explore Shear Zones And Tertiary-Precambrian Contacts.

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURES
    Strike N 40 TO 50 W
    Dip 50 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio Hondo District (Twining District)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 670.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1960 CONSISTED OF TWO ACCESSIBLE ADITS ABOUT 100 FT. LONG AND A CAVED ADIT ESTIMATED BY THE SIZE OF THE DUMP TO CONTAIN OVER 2000 FT. OF WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • SOUTH FORK MINE WAS LAST OPERATED IN 1905 AND A 10-STAMP CYANIDE MILL HAD BEEN ERECTED TO RECOVER GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 83-84

  • Deposit

    MCKINLAY, P.F., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 53, 23 PAGE, 1 PLATE

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 93-94

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BRIGGS, J., AND OTHERS, 1981 USBM COLUMBINE-HONDO RARE II FPA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

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