The Mill Mine Golden Chief, and Standard Includes California is a gold mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico.
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Mill Mine Golden Chief, and Standard Includes California MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mill Mine Golden Chief, and Standard Includes California
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Gold Hill
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
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): GOLDEN CHIEF AND STANDARD ARE IN SEC. 6, W 1/2, GOLDEN CHIEF = 32-25-25N, 108-02-00W, STANDARD = 32-25-15N, 108-31-55W
References
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P. 124
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L.C., AND GORDEN, C.H., 1910, USGS PROF. PAPER 68
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