Royal Gorge Group

The Royal Gorge Group is a gold, silver, and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,500 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: Royal Gorge Group
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1949
Secondary: Royal Gorge
Secondary: Mountain View
Secondary: Home Stake
Secondary: Quartz No. 1
Secondary: Quartz No. 2
Secondary: Lucky Bill
Secondary: Royal Gorge Millsite

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Mogollon Mountains Area: Wilcox District: Spruce Creek Cabin 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Carl Frymire (Estate), Ruth Ann Mcbride
Home Office: Silver City, N. M.
Years: 1979 -

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

Type: L
Description: Numerous Northwest To Southwest-Striking Faults Are Present.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ANALYSES FOR UP TO 30 DIFFERENT COMMODITIES WERE DONE FOR 24 SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE ROYAL GORGE GROUP AND APPEAR ON P. 206-209 OF USGS BULL 1451.

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR USMM NO. 2 SHOWN ON THE GROUSE MOUNTAIN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE AND LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CLAIM. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Comment (Deposit): SEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2122 COVERING ABOUT 120 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1979 CONSISTED OF FIVE ADITS RANGING FROM 70 FT. TO 350 FT. IN LENGTH, FOUR CAVED ADITS AND ONE OPEN CUT.

References

Reference (Deposit): RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MAP I-886

Reference (Deposit): RATTE, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 131-134

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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