The Golden Era Group is a tungsten, gold, and silver mine located in Colfax county, New Mexico at an elevation of 11,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 11,201 Feet (3,414 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 36.63944, -105.23028
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Golden Era Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Era Group
Secondary: Twin Tungsten Prospect: Claims of the Golden Era Group
Secondary: Twinn
Secondary: Golden Era
Secondary: Fairfax
Secondary: City View
Secondary: War Eagle
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Colfax
District: Baldy District: Baldy Mountain: Pine Gulch 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: W. Lowery
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1918
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Ferberite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF PINE GULCH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CANYON. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.
Comment (Production): PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946, P. 75, REPORTED A SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH GRADE ORE WAS PRODUCED, PROBABLY LESS THAN ONE TON AND AT ABOUT THE END OF WORLD WAR I.
Comment (Deposit): FIVE CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE SHORT ADITS REPORTED CAVED IN 1940'S.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 92-96
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): PETITT, R.F., JR., 1966 NMGS GUIDEBOOK SEVENTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 75
Reference (Deposit): PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946 NMBMMR OFR-15, P. 41-42
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