Golden Era Group

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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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

Name: Golden Era Group  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Colfax

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

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Workings

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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

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Orebody

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Structure

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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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