Scarlet Prospect

Occurrence in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087738
MRDS ID D008906
Record type Site
Current site name Scarlet Prospect
Alternate or previous names Scarlet Group Patented In 1905, Scarlet, New Banquet: Scarlet Prospect Includes Claim Patented In 1902, Banker, And Unpatented Claim, Scarlet No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.4175, 36.67226 (WGS84)
Elevation 3231
Relative position ABOUT 20.5 MILES N 26 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 11 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CLAIMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCARLET PROSPECT. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.4175, 36.67226

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Silicified Shear Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURES

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 Red River District: Black Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. C. Brown, Ed Hatton And Paul George
    First year 1900

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS. SHAFTS WERE REPORTED CAVED IN 1960.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 90

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1066 AND 1166 COVERING A TOTAL OF 37.317 ACRES. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 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.