The Picuris is a gold mine located in Taos county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Picuris MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Picuris
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Taos
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: La Grande Gravel Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1348, P. 46.
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, 1972.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): ORRIS, G.J., AND BLISS, J.D.,1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.
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