The Gold Tunnel is a gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,951 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
Elevation: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.43611, -108.53417
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Gold Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Tunnel
Secondary: Mcwhorter Group: Claims
Secondary: Gold Tunne6
Secondary: Contention
Secondary: Hoboken: Contention and Hoboken Claims Patented In 1908 and 1910.
Secondary: Status of Gold Tunnel Claim Is Uncertain.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Gold Hill District: Gold Hill Ranch 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: Freeman Mcwhorter
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1960'S CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS, A SHAFT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1299 AND 1300 COVERING 40.271 ACRES AND ONE CLAIM OF UNCERTAIN STATUS.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P124
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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