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Golden Era Group

Past Producer in Colfax county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012975
MRDS ID D009016
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Era Group
Alternate or previous names Twin Tungsten Prospect: Claims of the Golden Era Group, Twinn, Golden Era, Fairfax, City View, War Eagle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.23084, 36.63948 (WGS84)
Elevation 3414
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 48 MILES S 68 W OF RATON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colfax(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cimarron(hydrologic unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Colfax

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028N 016E 22 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF PINE GULCH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CANYON. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore
Gold Ore
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Pierre Shale;Raton Formation
    Rock description Pierre Shale;Raton Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.23084, 36.63948
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Baldy District: Baldy Mountain: Pine Gulch Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. Lowery
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946, P. 75, REPORTED A SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH GRADE ORE WAS PRODUCED, PROBABLY LESS THAN ONE TON AND AT ABOUT THE END OF WORLD WAR I.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE SHORT ADITS REPORTED CAVED IN 1940'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 92-96

  • Deposit

    PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946 NMBMMR OFR-15, P. 41-42

  • Deposit

    PETITT, R.F., JR., 1966 NMGS GUIDEBOOK SEVENTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 75

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIVE CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

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