Pittsburg-Shandon Placers 1900's

The Pittsburg-Shandon Placers 1900's is a gold mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,501 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Pittsburg-Shandon Placers 1900's
Secondary: Trujillo Gulch Now Called Caballo Canyon
Secondary: Union Gulch
Secondary: Apache Canyon
Secondary: Principal Claims of the Caballo Group
Secondary: Caballo
Secondary: Pulido
Secondary: Parral
Secondary: Esperanza
Secondary: Jack
Secondary: Pan De Oro
Secondary: Union
Secondary: Oro Grande

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos District

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

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Pittsburg Placer Mining Co.
Years: 1920 -

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1901
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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF PLACER AREA WHICH IS LOCATED JUST EAST OF CABALLO RESERVOIR AND JUST NORTH OF APACHE CANYON.

Comment (Deposit): 8 CLAIMS PROBABLY PATENTED MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1828.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 282-284

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, E.H., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1932 NMBMMR CIRC 5, P.21

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 209-214

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 U.N.M. PUB. 4, P. 199, P. 211-213, FIG.2

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