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Inferno Prospect

Past Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10087609
MRDS ID D008286
Record type Site
Current site name Inferno Prospect
Alternate or previous names Great Western Group Patented In 1905, Claims, Dante, Great Western, Inferno, Sun Beam, Golden Forge, Rosmine, Southern Cross

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.44334, 36.68004 (WGS84)
Elevation 3078
Relative position ABOUT 20.5 MILES N 21 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(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 028N 014E 10 N2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MINE ADIT ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF PIONEER CREEK AND THE WEST FLANK OF BLACK MOUNTAIN AS SHOWN ON THE RED RIVER TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

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
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Red River District: Black Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P. J. Bacca
    First year 1900

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A MAIN ADIT OVER 1000 FT. IN LENGTH AND A TUNNEL WITH ABOUT 400 FT. OF WORKINGS. MAIN ADIT AND TUNNEL REPORTED CAVED IN 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 30

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 81-82

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S
Deposit 7 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1179 COVERING 101.527 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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