Caribel Group

The Caribel Group is a gold and silver mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 10,600 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Caribel Group
Secondary: Claims of the Caribel Group Patented In 1922
Secondary: Caribel
Secondary: Caribel No. 1
Secondary: H.L. Pratt
Secondary: Camp Bird
Secondary: Ethel Pratt
Secondary: Anna Laura
Secondary: Taos Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Granite
Secondary: Nancy Lee
Secondary: Mountain View
Secondary: Lulu Ford
Secondary: Garlow

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Taos
District: Red River District: Black Mountain Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Caribel Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1920 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1925
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: Ore Shoots Commonly Occur At The Intersection Of Shear Zones.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CLAIM GROUP. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Comment (Deposit): 13 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1756 COVERING ABOUT 230 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ARE CAVED BUT WERE REPORTED IN 1960 TO CONSIST OF A SHAFT WITH FIVE WORKING LEVELS, A 1500 FT. ADIT AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): REED, E.F., 1922 RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, M.S. THESIS, P. 17-19

Reference (Deposit): PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 30-31

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 81-83

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 111-115, MAP 2

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