Old Placers

Past Producer in Santa Fe county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064814
MRDS ID TC39361
Record type Site
Current site name Old Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.00056, 35.50006 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Fe(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turquoise Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Los Alamos(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Santa Fe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.00056, 35.50006

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUATERNARY AND TERTIARY GRAVELS IN DOLORES AND CUNNINGHAM GULCHES; LOW GRADE MATERIAL IN LUCAS CANYON; BEST GRAVELS FROM UPPER PART OF ALLUVIAL FAN AT MOUTH OF CUNNINGHAM GULCH. BEDROCK SOURCE: OLIGOCENE VEIN, BRECCIA DEPOSITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1828

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3,100,000 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.