The South Fork Mine is a silver, gold, and copper mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 36.57528, -105.50861
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South Fork Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Fork Mine
Secondary: Unpatented Claims
Secondary: Empire
Secondary: Fine View
Secondary: Fraction
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Taos
District: Rio Hondo District (Twining District)
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Type: L
Description: Prospects Explore Shear Zones And Tertiary-Precambrian Contacts.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 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.
Comment (Development): SOUTH FORK MINE WAS LAST OPERATED IN 1905 AND A 10-STAMP CYANIDE MILL HAD BEEN ERECTED TO RECOVER GOLD.
Comment (Workings): 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCKINLAY, P.F., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 53, 23 PAGE, 1 PLATE
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 83-84
Reference (Deposit): BRIGGS, J., AND OTHERS, 1981 USBM COLUMBINE-HONDO RARE II FPA
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 110, MAP 2
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 93-94
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