The South Fork Peak Deposit is a molybdenum mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 11,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 11,001 Feet (3,353 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 36.55222, -105.47833
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South Fork Peak Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Fork Peak Deposit
Commodity
Primary: 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: Molybdenum Corp. Of America (Questa Division)
Home Office: Questa, N.M. 87556
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Stockwork
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINS
Structure
Not available
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: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE DEPOSIT. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.
Comment (Commodity): FOR ANALYSES OF 17 MINERALIZED ROCK SAMPLES FROM THE SOUTH FORK PEAK DEPOSIT SEE LUDINGTON, S., 1981 USGS OFR 81-1080, P. 6.
Comment (Development): MOLYBDENUM CORP. OF AMERICA IS REPORTED TO HAVE STAKED CLAIMS ON THE SOUTH FORK PEAK DEPOSIT IN THE SUMMER OF 1981.
Comment (Deposit): STOCKWORK VEINS RANGE FROM LESS THAN 1 MM TO 10 CM IN WIDTH AND SHOW NO PREFERRED ORIENTATION. VEINS ARE SPACED AS CLOSE AS 100 PER METER IN MOST INTENSE STOCKWORK AND NEAR THE FRINGES OF THE STOCKWORK ARE SPACED ABOUT 5 PER METER. THE STOCKWORK MINERALIZATION COVERS AN AREA ABOUT ONE SQUARE KILOMETER (0.3 SQUARE MILES).
Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS REPORTED.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 110, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): LUDINGTON, S., 1981 USGS OFR 81-1080, 8 PAGES
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