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Black Gold Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014111
MRDS ID D010751
Record type Site
Current site name Black Gold Mine
Related records 10125808

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.67694, 33.85538 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position ABOUT 19 MILES N 38 E OF CARRIZOZO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Oaks North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 005S 012E 22 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.67694, 33.85538
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jicarilla District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leslie Settle
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1959

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF A 150 FT. ADIT, A 250 FT. ADIT, AND A 300 FT. ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P.84,86

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, K., AND RYBERG, G.E., 1974 USGS BULL 1308, P.16, PLATE 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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