Gold Gulch Placers

The Gold Gulch Placers is a gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,650 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Gulch Placers
Secondary: Sunset Gold Fields

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Malone District: Southern Burro Mountains; Knight Peak Area

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: Sunset Gold Fields Co.
Home Office: Boston, Mass.
Years: 1938 -

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1887
Year Last Production: 1938
Discovery Year: 1884
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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver

Comments

Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERAL IS ELECTRUM AN ALLOY OF GOLD AND SILVER.

Comment (Production): AMOUNT OF GOLD PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1900 IS UNKNOWN.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE PLACER DEPOSITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): JONES, F. A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS: SANTE FE, NEW MEXICO PRINTING COMPANY, P. 34-35.

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 80

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972 USGS BULL 1348, P. 7-8

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1265

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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