Elizabeth-Baldy

Past Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10064812
MRDS ID	TC39358
Record type	Site
Current site name	Elizabeth-Baldy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-105.25056, 36.50004 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colfax(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Nest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cimarron(hydrologic unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	New Mexico	Taos

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

SOME FAIRLY COSRSE NUGGETS IN WILLOW, UTE, SOUTH PONIL CREEKS, GROUSE AND HAMBURG GULCHES, MORENO RIVER

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-105.25056, 36.50004	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

BEDROCK SOURCE: OLIGOCENE VEIN, SKARNS IN BALDY MT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery year	1866

Comments on development

DISCOVERED IN 1866 IN WILLOW CREEK, PEAK ACTIVITY IN LATE 1860'S, DECLINE IN 1870'S, MINOR WORKING TO 20TH CENTURY

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC39358

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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.
Deposit

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.
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	7,800,000 G CONTAINED AU

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	15-MAY-1995	Orris, Greta J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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