The Red River is a gold mine located in Taos county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Red River MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red River
Secondary: Includes Bitter
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Spring
Secondary: And Placer Creeks
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Taos
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): WORKED BY SPANISH (1800'S)
Comment (Deposit): CONTAINED METAL: 15,600 G AU
Comment (Geology): QUATERNARY WITH MINOR CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TERTIARY GRAVEL BENCHES. BEDROCK SOURCE: OLIGOCENE SKARN, VEIN DEPOSITS, MINOR CONTRIBUTION FROM PRECAMBRIAN VEIN DEPOSITS.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., AND NORTH, R.M., 1984, OCCURRENCES OF PRECIOUS METALS AND URANIUM ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIFT IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, IN SCOTT, B.W., ED., RIO GRANDE RIFT; NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK, 35 P.
Reference (Deposit): ORRIS, G.J., AND BLISS, J.D.,1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1348.
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