The El Rito Gold Deposits is a gold mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,857 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,857 Feet (2,090 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.3569, -106.20360
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El Rito Gold Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: El Rito Gold Deposits
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
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
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Workings
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Ownership
Owner Name: Arriba Gold Fields, Ltd.
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): STOCK SELLING ACTIVITIES OF COMPANY BROUGHT TO ATTENTION
Reference (Deposit): OF OFFICE OF THE NEW MEXICO BANK EXAMINER. STATE EMPLOYED
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGISTS EXAMINED EXPOSURES. SAMPLES SHOWED LITTLE GOLD.
Reference (Deposit): TRACE OF SILVER (NO VALUE) AND NO MERCURY. THE GEOLOGISTS
Reference (Deposit): CONSIDERED THE DEPOSIT TO OFFER NO POSSIBILITIES FOR
Reference (Deposit): COMMERCIAL MINING. THIS REPORT CONTRADICTED THE VERY
Reference (Deposit): OPTIMISTIC ADVERTISING MATERIAL WHICH WAS CIRCULATED.
Reference (Deposit): (WELLS AND WOOTTON, 1932, P 14- 15)
Reference (Deposit): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN
Reference (Deposit): WELLS E.H. AND WOOTTON T.P. GOLD MINING AND GOLD DEPOSITS
Reference (Deposit): IN NEW MEXICO NMBM CIRC. 5 1932 P 14-15
Reference (Deposit): P 88
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON E.C. THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR
Reference (Deposit): ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954 NMBM BULL. 39 1957
Reference (Deposit): P 106
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 91 1968 P 101
Reference (Deposit): LASKY S.G. AND WOOTTON T.P. THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW
Reference (Deposit): MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES NMBM BULL. 7 1933
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