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Hidden Treasure Group

Occurrence in Colfax 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012976
MRDS ID D009017
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Treasure Group
Alternate or previous names Claims, Hidden Treasure Nos. 2 To 5

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.35195, 36.66087 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 54 MILES S 72 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

Red River Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 015E 16 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF HEMATITE CREEK JUST NORTH OF HEMATITE PARK AS SHOWN ON PLATE 1, NMBMMR BULL 94. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.35195, 36.66087
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs Along Or Near The Porphyry Dikes.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elizabethtown District: Hematite Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Le Sage Ranch
    First year 1970

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1972 CONSISTED OF SHAFTS, ADITS AND PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., SANTAFE, N.M., P. 151

  • Deposit

    PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946 NMBMMR OFR-15, P. 45

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 120, PLATE 1, MAP 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR 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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