Inferno Prospect

The Inferno Prospect is a gold mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 10,098 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Inferno Prospect
Secondary: Great Western Group Patented In 1905, Claims
Secondary: Dante
Secondary: Great Western
Secondary: Inferno
Secondary: Sun Beam
Secondary: Golden Forge
Secondary: Rosmine
Secondary: Southern Cross

Commodity

Primary: Gold

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: P. J. Bacca
Years: 1900 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A MAIN ADIT OVER 1000 FT. IN LENGTH AND A TUNNEL WITH ABOUT 400 FT. OF WORKINGS. MAIN ADIT AND TUNNEL REPORTED CAVED IN 1960

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MINE ADIT ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF PIONEER CREEK AND THE WEST FLANK OF BLACK MOUNTAIN AS SHOWN ON THE RED RIVER TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Comment (Deposit): 7 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1179 COVERING 101.527 ACRES.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S

References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 81-82

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F, AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, PLATE 1, MAP 2

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