The Wilson Prospect is a copper mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,700 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: 7,700 Feet (2,347 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 36.21861, -105.78889
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Wilson Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wilson Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Taos
District: Picuris District: Copper Hill Area
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Not available
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposit Occurs Along The West-Southwest Plunging Copper Hill Anticline.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS LOCATED ABOUT 2000 FEET EAST OF THE CHAMPION MINE AND SHOWN ON THE TRAMPAS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTEDLY CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H, 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 103
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN,W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 89-91
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, WORLDS FAIR EDITION, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 161
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