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Old Placers

Past Producer in Santa Fe 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014732
MRDS ID D011633
Record type Site
Current site name Old Placers
Alternate or previous names Placers: Cunningham Placer, Delores Placer, Arroyo Viejo Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.10057, 35.34728 (WGS84)
Elevation 1987
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 26.0 MILES S 24 W OF SANTA FE, NM, Within A Radius Of 3000 Feet, Within A Radius Of 3000 Feet

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Fe(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Captain Davis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Santa Fe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013N 008E 16 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FOR THE CUNNINGHAM PLACER. THE ARROYO VIEJO PLACER AND THE DELORES PLACER ARE LOCATED TO THE NORTH. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit
    Rock unit name Santa Fe Group
    Rock description Santa Fe Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.10057, 35.34728
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Detrital Fans

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Unconsolidated Eluvial And Alluvial Deposits

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1828
Discoverer Mexican Settlers
Year of first production 1828
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Old Placers District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Universal Placer Mining Corp.
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • THE PLACERS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED NEARLY $2 MILLION IN GOLD DURING THE 19TH CENTURY. THE PEAK YEARS WERE BETWEEN 1832 AND 1835, WHEN THE ANNUAL OUTPUT WAS BETWEEN $30,000 AND $80,000. THE LAST ATTEMPT TO MINE THE PLACERS IN 1939 AND 1940 ACCOUNTED FOR MOST OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE DISTRICT IN THE 1900-1940 PERIOD, BUT WAS NOT A FINANCIAL SUCCESS.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ORE WAS FOUND USING PRIMITIVE PANNING AND SLUICING METHODS AS WELL AS SHAFTS AND PITS. THE SCARCITY OF WATER WAS ALWAYS A PROBLEM. TO THE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF THE GRAVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 170-175

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 43-49

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER GOLD WAS FOUND IN MANY PLACES AT THE BASE OF THE ORTIZ MOUNTAINS, IN UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-84 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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