The Jicarilla Gold Placers is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Jicarilla Gold Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jicarilla Gold Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E.M. LYNCH
Info Year: 1958
Owner Name: WADE WHITE
Home Office: SILVER CITY, N.M.
Info Year: 1960
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: STREAM PLACER
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1850
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1850
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
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): SEGERSTROM, KENNETH, AND RYBERG, G.E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND PLACER-GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE JICARILLA MOUNTAINS, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1308, 25 P., PL. 1.
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, P. 77-79.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 183-184.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1348, P. 12-13.
Reference (Deposit): ELLIS, R.W., 1930, NEW MEXICO MINERAL DEPOSITS EXCEPT FUELS: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO BULLETIN 167, GEOLOGICAL SERIES, V. 4, NO. 2, P. 60.
Reference (Deposit): NORTHROP, S.A., 1959, MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, REVISED EDITION: ALBUQUERQUE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, 404 P.
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