The Lower Flat Placer is a gold mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,442 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,442 Feet (2,878 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.6944, -106.24580
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Lower Flat Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lower Flat Placer
Secondary: Gill Placer
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: King William Co.
Info Year: 1910
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN ET AL. ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO USGS P.P. 68
Reference (Deposit): 1910 P 130
Reference (Deposit): JONES F.A. NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS SANTA FE 1904
Reference (Deposit): P 165, 166
Reference (Deposit): WELLS E.H. AND WOOTTON T.P. GOLD MINING AND GOLD DEPOSITS
Reference (Deposit): IN NEW MEXICO NMBM CIRC. 5 1932 P 15
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 91 1968 P 74, 78, 85
Reference (Deposit): BENJOVSKY T.D. RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF THE HEADSTONE
Reference (Deposit): MINING DISTRICT, RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM CIRC.
Reference (Deposit): 11 1945 P 2, 3, 8, 9
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
Reference (Deposit): P 89
Reference (Deposit): DONEY H.H. GEOLOGY OF THE CEBOLLA QUADRANGLE, RIO ARRIBA
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 92 1968 P 75- 76
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