Lower Flat Placer

Past Producer in Rio Arriba 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10296812
MAS/MILS ID 0350390382
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Flat Placer
Alternate or previous names Gill Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.24639, 36.69443 (WGS84)
Elevation 2878

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burned Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson 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 Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028 N 006 E 01 N2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.24639, 36.69443

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner King William Co.
    Year 1910

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 91 1968 P 74, 78, 85

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN ET AL. ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO USGS P.P. 68

  • Deposit

    1910 P 130

  • Deposit

    JONES F.A. NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS SANTA FE 1904

  • Deposit

    P 165, 166

  • Deposit

    WELLS E.H. AND WOOTTON T.P. GOLD MINING AND GOLD DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    IN NEW MEXICO NMBM CIRC. 5 1932 P 15

  • Deposit

    BENJOVSKY T.D. RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF THE HEADSTONE

  • Deposit

    MINING DISTRICT, RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM CIRC.

  • Deposit

    11 1945 P 2, 3, 8, 9

  • Deposit

    LASKY S.G. AND WOOTTON T.P. THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW

  • Deposit

    MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES NMBM BULL. 7 1933

  • Deposit

    P 89

  • Deposit

    DONEY H.H. GEOLOGY OF THE CEBOLLA QUADRANGLE, RIO ARRIBA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 92 1968 P 75- 76

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-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.

External references