The Red River District is a molybdenum mine located in Taos county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Red River District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red River District
Secondary: Alum Gulch
Secondary: Anchor
Secondary: Bitter Creek
Secondary: Black Copper Canyon
Secondary: Black Mountain
Secondary: Bobcat Creek
Secondary: Goose Creek
Secondary: Keystone
Secondary: La Belle
Secondary: Moly
Secondary: Questa
Secondary: Pioneer Creek
Secondary: Placer Creek
Secondary: Sulphur Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Tellurium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Taos
District: RED RIVER DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: MOLY CORP OF AMERICA
Info Year: 1972
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: HYDROTHERMAL
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1869
Discovery Year: 1867
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Climax Mo
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Structure: FAULTING
Description: SEVERAL FAULT SYSTEMS
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: PROPYLITIC
Alteration Text: PROPYLITIC, DEVELOPMENT OF KAOLINITE, PYRITE, SERICITE, SILICA, CHLORITE
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: ARGILLIC
Alteration Text: ARGILLIC
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FAIN, C.O., 1910, TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: SOUTHWESTERN MINES, V. 2, NO. 3, P. 3-4.
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 71, P. 36-93.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF EAGLE NEST AREA, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 94, P. 111-119.
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE QUESTA MOLYBDENUM (MOLY) MINE AREA, TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 51, 87 P.
Reference (Deposit): PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF RED RIVER AND TWINING DISTRICTS, TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 18, 35 P.
Reference (Deposit): REED, E.F., 1922, RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO: GOLDEN, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, M.S. THESIS, 44 P.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 84-88.
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