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Gold Tunnel

Occurrence in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009995
MRDS ID D003329
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Mcwhorter Group: Claims, Gold Tunne6, Contention, Hoboken: Contention and Hoboken Claims Patented In 1908 and 1910., Status of Gold Tunnel Claim Is Uncertain.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.53479, 32.43623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814
Relative position ABOUT 28 MILES S 33 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021S 016W 31 W2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.53479, 32.43623
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike NORTHWEST
    Dip 40 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized Along A Northwest Trending Fracture.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District: Gold Hill Ranch Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Freeman Mcwhorter
    First year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1960'S CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS, A SHAFT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1299 AND 1300 COVERING 40.271 ACRES AND ONE CLAIM OF UNCERTAIN STATUS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Lawrence, V. A. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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

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