Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryPlatinum
Deposit
Deposit typeSTREAM PLACER
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlSTREAM HYDRAULICS
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1850
Last production1942
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID60000951
MRDS IDM045546
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates33.8615, -105.67305
References
ELLIS, R.W., 1930, NEW MEXICO MINERAL DEPOSITS EXCEPT FUELS: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO BULLETIN 167, GEOLOGICAL SERIES, V. 4, NO. 2, P. 60.NORTHROP, S.A., 1959, MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, REVISED EDITION: ALBUQUERQUE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, 404 P.JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1348, P. 12-13.LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 183-184.GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, P. 77-79.SEGERSTROM, KENNETH, AND RYBERG, G.E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND PLACER-GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE JICARILLA MOUNTAINS, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1308, 25 P., PL. 1.