Frazer Mine

The Frazer Mine is a copper mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 10,499 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Frazer Mine
Secondary: Frazer Mountain Copper Prospect: Patented Claims
Secondary: Wigwam
Secondary: Mazzaroth
Secondary: Zone
Secondary: Silver King: Unpatented Claims
Secondary: Cliff
Secondary: Northside
Secondary: Alpine
Secondary: Muskegon
Secondary: Telegram
Secondary: Cap Sheaf
Secondary: Piute
Secondary: Hidden Hen
Secondary: Navajo

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: 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: Taos Uranium And Exploration Co.
Years: 1956 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
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: N 65 E Striking Shear Zone Extends East Through The Highline Prospect.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CLAIMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRAZER MINE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Comment (Deposit): 4 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 816, 817, 818 AND 819, AND AT LEAST 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1956.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS WHICH WERE MOSTLY CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE IN 1960. THE LA TUSA TUNNEL WAS REPORTED IN 1910 TO BE 1000 FT. LONG WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF CROSSCUTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 83-84

Reference (Deposit): PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 22

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 94-95

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 110, PLATE 1, MAP 2

Reference (Deposit): BRIGGS, J., AND OTHERS, 1981 USBM COLUMBINE-HONDO RARE II FPA

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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