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Pittsburg-Shandon Placers 1900's

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011915
MRDS ID D007108
Record type Site
Current site name Pittsburg-Shandon Placers 1900's
Alternate or previous names Trujillo Gulch Now Called Caballo Canyon, Union Gulch, Apache Canyon, Principal Claims of the Caballo Group, Caballo, Pulido, Parral, Esperanza, Jack, Pan De Oro, Union, Oro Grande
Related records 10272496

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.26948, 32.90511 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position ABOUT 16 MILES S 7 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caballo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 004W 16,17,18,19,20,21 SW (16); S2 (17); SE (18); NE (19); N2 (20); NW (21) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF PLACER AREA WHICH IS LOCATED JUST EAST OF CABALLO RESERVOIR AND JUST NORTH OF APACHE CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.26948, 32.90511
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pittsburg Placer Mining Co.
    First year 1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 282-284

  • Deposit

    WELLS, E.H., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1932 NMBMMR CIRC 5, P.21

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 209-214

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 U.N.M. PUB. 4, P. 199, P. 211-213, FIG.2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8 CLAIMS PROBABLY PATENTED MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1828.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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