New Mexico · Rio Arriba County
Past Producer

Hopewell District

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States
Gold
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSTREAM PLACER
Deposit sizeS
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID60001476
MRDS IDTC39359
Alternate namesFairview Placer
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates36.50004, -106.25059
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1348, P. 46.MCLEMORE, V.T., AND NORTH, R.M., 1984, OCCURRENCES OF PRECIOUS METALS AND URANIUM ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIFT IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, IN SCOTT, B.W., ED., RIO GRANDE RIFT; NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK, 35 P.ORRIS, G.J., AND BLISS, J.D.,1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.