Free Gold and Emerald Claims

The Free Gold and Emerald Claims is a gold mine located in Colfax county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,400 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Free Gold and Emerald Claims
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Free Gold
Secondary: Emerald

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Colfax
District: Elizabethtown District: Hematite Creek And Italian Park 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Madge Groomer And Zelle Potts
Years: 1970 -

Owner Name: Free Gold Mining Co.
Years: 1970 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1895
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: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A FEW BULLDOZER OPENCUTS AND INACCESSIBLE OLDER WORKINGS INCLUDING A SHALLOW SHAFT AND A SHORT TUNNEL.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S

Comment (Location): LOCATED IN ITALIAN PARK ABOUT ONE MILE EAST OF THE COLFAX-TAOS COUNTY LINE ALONG THE OLD STATE HIGHWAY LEADING OVER RED RIVER PASS. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Comment (Production): REPORTED PRODUCTION AMOUNTS TO SEVERAL TONS OF HAND SORTED ORE MINED PRIOR TO 1900.

Comment (Deposit): TWO CLAIMS COVERING 20.66 ACRES.

References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 120-121, PLATE 1, MAP 3

Reference (Deposit): PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946 NMBMMR OFT-15, P. 45

Reference (Deposit): RAY, L.L., AND SMITH, J.F., 1941 GEOL SOC AM BULL, VOL 52, P. 177-210

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 91-95

Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., SANTA FE, N.M., P. 151

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