Gold Tunnel

The Gold Tunnel is a gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,951 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Tunnel
Secondary: Mcwhorter Group: Claims
Secondary: Gold Tunne6
Secondary: Contention
Secondary: Hoboken: Contention and Hoboken Claims Patented In 1908 and 1910.
Secondary: Status of Gold Tunnel Claim Is Uncertain.

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Gold Hill District: Gold Hill Ranch Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Freeman Mcwhorter
Years: 1960 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1960'S CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS, A SHAFT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1299 AND 1300 COVERING 40.271 ACRES AND ONE CLAIM OF UNCERTAIN STATUS.

References

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P124

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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