New 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 10099498
MRDS ID TC39360
Record type Site
Current site name New Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.00056, 35.25006 (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

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

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Western Estancia(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

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, 35.25006

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUATERNARY GRAVELS ADJACENT TO SAN PEDRO MT., BEST IN OLD TIMER AND SAN LAZARUS GULCHES. CEMENTED TERTIARY GOLD BEARING BUT UNWORKABLE TO DATE. BEDROCK SOURCE: CU-AG-AU SKARNS, VEINS IN SAN PEDRO MT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1839

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DESERT PLACERS; 3,000,000 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.