Surprise Placers

Unknown in Otero 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10175124
MAS/MILS ID 0350350135
Record type Site
Current site name Surprise Placers

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.02385, 32.62513 (WGS84)
Elevation 1212

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Otero(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tres Hermanos(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sands(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Otero

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020 S 009 E 29 C New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.02385, 32.62513

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALSO LIES IN SECTIONS 28,21,20,17,8,9,4,5

  • Deposit

    CONTAINS SURPRISE PLACER CLAIMS #1-#14,#17-#27,TOTAL OF 25

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS

  • Deposit

    NMBM MINES DATA FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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