Mem Phis Mine

The Mem Phis Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,701 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

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Site Name

Primary: Mem Phis Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1905 and 1906: Cora Gibson
Secondary: Memphis: Memphis Group Patented In 1906, Cora Gibson No. 2
Secondary: Tenessee
Secondary: Comstock
Secondary: Sheba
Secondary: Mamouth

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Taos
District: Red River District: Anchor Subdistrict: Bitter Creek 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: Kershner Brothers
Home Office: Red River, N.M.
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: Memphis Red River Mining Co.
Years: 1930 -

Production

Year: 1960
Time Period: Up To 1960

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1935
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE MEMPHIS MINE AS SHOWN ON THE RED RIVER PASS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Comment (Deposit): 8 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1146, 1147, AND 1215 COVERING A TOTAL OF 125. 896 ACRES.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): AVERAGE VALUE BASED ON GOLD AT 35 DOLLARS PER OZ.; SILVER AT 0.92 DOLLARS PER OZ..

Comment (Workings): ABOUT 1100 FT. OF WORKINGS CONTAINING FOUR ADITS WITH A FEW SMALL STOPES, CROSSCUTS AND RAISES. IN 1960 THREE OF THE ADITS WERE REPORTED TO BE CAVED AT THE PORTALS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 88.

Reference (Deposit): PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 25

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 111-115, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 67

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 66

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 63-68

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., 1968 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 63, P. 553-566

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