El Rito Gold Deposits

The El Rito Gold Deposits is a gold mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,857 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: El Rito Gold Deposits

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba

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: Arriba Gold Fields, Ltd.

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): STOCK SELLING ACTIVITIES OF COMPANY BROUGHT TO ATTENTION

Reference (Deposit): OF OFFICE OF THE NEW MEXICO BANK EXAMINER. STATE EMPLOYED

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGISTS EXAMINED EXPOSURES. SAMPLES SHOWED LITTLE GOLD.

Reference (Deposit): TRACE OF SILVER (NO VALUE) AND NO MERCURY. THE GEOLOGISTS

Reference (Deposit): CONSIDERED THE DEPOSIT TO OFFER NO POSSIBILITIES FOR

Reference (Deposit): COMMERCIAL MINING. THIS REPORT CONTRADICTED THE VERY

Reference (Deposit): OPTIMISTIC ADVERTISING MATERIAL WHICH WAS CIRCULATED.

Reference (Deposit): (WELLS AND WOOTTON, 1932, P 14- 15)

Reference (Deposit): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Reference (Deposit): WELLS E.H. AND WOOTTON T.P. GOLD MINING AND GOLD DEPOSITS

Reference (Deposit): IN NEW MEXICO NMBM CIRC. 5 1932 P 14-15

Reference (Deposit): P 88

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON E.C. THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR

Reference (Deposit): ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954 NMBM BULL. 39 1957

Reference (Deposit): P 106

Reference (Deposit): BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 91 1968 P 101

Reference (Deposit): LASKY S.G. AND WOOTTON T.P. THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW

Reference (Deposit): MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES NMBM BULL. 7 1933

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