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Royal Gorge Group

Occurrence in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012990
MRDS ID D009034
Record type Site
Current site name Royal Gorge Group
Alternate or previous names Claims Patented In 1949, Royal Gorge, Mountain View, Home Stake, Quartz No. 1, Quartz No. 2, Lucky Bill, Royal Gorge Millsite
Related records 10126112

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.7248, 33.29399 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position ABOUT 29 MILES S 04 E OF RESERVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grouse Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Gila Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 011S;012S 018W;018W 31,32,33;04,05,06 SE (31); S2 (32); SW (33); NW (04); N2 (05); NE (06) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR USMM NO. 2 SHOWN ON THE GROUSE MOUNTAIN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE AND LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CLAIM. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue
Fluorite Unknown

Analytical data

Result ANALYSES FOR UP TO 30 DIFFERENT COMMODITIES WERE DONE FOR 24 SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE ROYAL GORGE GROUP AND APPEAR ON P. 206-209 OF USGS BULL 1451.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Apache Spring Tuff;Mineral Creek Andesite
    Rock description Apache Spring Tuff;Mineral Creek Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.7248, 33.29399
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Northwest To Southwest-Striking Faults Are Present.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mountains Area: Wilcox District: Spruce Creek Cabin Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl Frymire (Estate), Ruth Ann Mcbride
    Home office Silver City, N. M.
    First year 1979

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 342.9M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1979 CONSISTED OF FIVE ADITS RANGING FROM 70 FT. TO 350 FT. IN LENGTH, FOUR CAVED ADITS AND ONE OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MAP I-886

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 131-134

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2122 COVERING ABOUT 120 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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