The Foster Placer is a gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Foster Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Foster Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Gold Hill District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Comments
Comment (Deposit): HOLOCENE GRAVELS IN GOLD HILL CANYON.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D. C., 1978, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035
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