The White Oaks Draw and Baxter Gulch Placers is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
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White Oaks Draw and Baxter Gulch Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Oaks Draw and Baxter Gulch Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: White Oaks
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1879
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: PLACER
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Lincoln County Porphyry Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREA
Comment (Deposit): SOME PLACER MINING WAS DONE FROM 1933 TO 1944.
Comment (Geology): GOLD IS DERIVED FROM GOLD-BEARING PYRITE VEINS. PLACERS ARE IN SMALL TRIBUTARIES TO THE MAIN GULCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1348, 46 P
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