The Gold Gulch Placers is a gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.55833, -108.51250
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Gold Gulch Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Gulch Placers
Secondary: Sunset Gold Fields
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Malone District: Southern Burro Mountains; Knight Peak Area
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Sunset Gold Fields Co.
Home Office: Boston, Mass.
Years: 1938 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1887
Year Last Production: 1938
Discovery Year: 1884
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERAL IS ELECTRUM AN ALLOY OF GOLD AND SILVER.
Comment (Production): AMOUNT OF GOLD PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1900 IS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE PLACER DEPOSITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F. A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS: SANTE FE, NEW MEXICO PRINTING COMPANY, P. 34-35.
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 80
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972 USGS BULL 1348, P. 7-8
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1265
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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