Gold Dust Group

Occurrence in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222847
MRDS ID D009027
MAS/MILS ID 0350030065
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Dust Group
Alternate or previous names Gold Dust 1,2, 3, Gold Dust Mine
Related records 10012985

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.81174, 33.3854 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mogollon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 011 S 019 W 04 C E2NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.81174, 33.3854

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. C. Fletcher, M. Moore, P. Nelson, D. Morehead
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TWO EMPLOYEES ASSESSMENT ONLY-DEC. 1974

  • Deposit

    ATTEMPTED TO OPEN CAVE-IN TO MAP, SAMPLE LOWER TUNNEL

  • Deposit

    CEASED OPERATIONS DEC. 1975

  • Deposit

    NEW REGISTRATIONS, NMSMIR (1974)

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON H G USGS BUL 787 PP 63-64

  • Deposit

    USGS MOGOLLON 7.5 MIN. QUAD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-FEB-97 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.

External references