Jicarilla Gold Placers

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000951
MRDS ID M045546
Record type District
Current site name Jicarilla Gold Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.67305, 33.8615 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position IN LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST. WITHIN JICARILLA MOUNTAINS. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR PROSPECT SYMBOL SHOWN AT HEAD OF ALLUVIAL FAN IN ANCHO GULCH ON TOPO MAP, ACC URATE FOR GENERAL PLACER AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Oaks North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(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

Lincoln 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 Lincoln

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.67305, 33.8615

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1942

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E.M. LYNCH
    Year 1958
  • Type Operator
    Owner WADE WHITE
    Home office SILVER CITY, N.M.
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELLIS, R.W., 1930, NEW MEXICO MINERAL DEPOSITS EXCEPT FUELS: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO BULLETIN 167, GEOLOGICAL SERIES, V. 4, NO. 2, P. 60.

  • Deposit

    NORTHROP, S.A., 1959, MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, REVISED EDITION: ALBUQUERQUE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, 404 P.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1348, P. 12-13.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 183-184.

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, P. 77-79.

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, KENNETH, AND RYBERG, G.E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND PLACER-GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE JICARILLA MOUNTAINS, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1308, 25 P., PL. 1.

Beyond USGS

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