The Frazer Mine is a copper mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 10,499 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: 10,499 Feet (3,200 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 36.59528, -105.43944
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Frazer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Frazer Mine
Secondary: Frazer Mountain Copper Prospect: Patented Claims
Secondary: Wigwam
Secondary: Mazzaroth
Secondary: Zone
Secondary: Silver King: Unpatented Claims
Secondary: Cliff
Secondary: Northside
Secondary: Alpine
Secondary: Muskegon
Secondary: Telegram
Secondary: Cap Sheaf
Secondary: Piute
Secondary: Hidden Hen
Secondary: Navajo
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Taos Uranium And Exploration Co.
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
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: N 65 E Striking Shear Zone Extends East Through The Highline Prospect.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CLAIMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRAZER MINE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.
Comment (Deposit): 4 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 816, 817, 818 AND 819, AND AT LEAST 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1956.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS WHICH WERE MOSTLY CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE IN 1960. THE LA TUSA TUNNEL WAS REPORTED IN 1910 TO BE 1000 FT. LONG WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF CROSSCUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 83-84
Reference (Deposit): PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 22
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 94-95
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 110, PLATE 1, MAP 2
Reference (Deposit): BRIGGS, J., AND OTHERS, 1981 USBM COLUMBINE-HONDO RARE II FPA
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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