The Mem Phis Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,701 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,701 Feet (2,957 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 36.73417, -105.34111
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Mem Phis Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mem Phis Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1905 and 1906: Cora Gibson
Secondary: Memphis: Memphis Group Patented In 1906, Cora Gibson No. 2
Secondary: Tenessee
Secondary: Comstock
Secondary: Sheba
Secondary: Mamouth
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Taos
District: Red River District: Anchor Subdistrict: Bitter Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kershner Brothers
Home Office: Red River, N.M.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Memphis Red River Mining Co.
Years: 1930 -
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: Up To 1960
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1935
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: FISSURES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE MEMPHIS MINE AS SHOWN ON THE RED RIVER PASS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.
Comment (Deposit): 8 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1146, 1147, AND 1215 COVERING A TOTAL OF 125. 896 ACRES.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): AVERAGE VALUE BASED ON GOLD AT 35 DOLLARS PER OZ.; SILVER AT 0.92 DOLLARS PER OZ..
Comment (Workings): 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 88.
Reference (Deposit): PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 25
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 111-115, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 67
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 66
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 63-68
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., 1968 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 63, P. 553-566
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