The Red Bandana Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Colfax county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,199 Feet (2,804 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 36.61889, -105.25639
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Red Bandana Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Bandana Mine
Secondary: Red Bandana Group: Claims
Secondary: Red Bandana
Secondary: Empire
Secondary: Moreno
Secondary: Centennial
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Colfax
District: Elizabethtown District: West Flank Of Baldy Mountain: Moreno Valley 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: Merco Inc.
Years: 1948 -
Owner Name: Deep Tunnel Mines Co.
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1875
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: PODS AND SHOOTS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults Strike East-West And North-South.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE RED BANDANA CLAIM. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.
Comment (Deposit): 4 CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 80 ACRES.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF FOUR SHAFTS FROM 100 FT. TO 130 FT. DEEP AND FOUR ADITS FROM LESS THAN 400 FT. TO 800 FT. LONG. MOST WORKINGS WERE REPORTED CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): PETITT, R.F., JR., 1966 NMGS GUIDEBOOK SEVENTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 66-75
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 119-123, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946 NMBMMR OFR-15, P. 40-41
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON,C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 100
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