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White Oaks Draw and Baxter Gulch Placers

Past Producer in Lincoln 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014979
MRDS ID DAV0079
Record type Site
Current site name White Oaks Draw and Baxter Gulch Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.73527, 33.7501 (WGS84)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.73527, 33.7501
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lincoln County Porphyry Belt

Ore body information

  • General form PLACER

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrodynamic Sorting

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD IS DERIVED FROM GOLD-BEARING PYRITE VEINS. PLACERS ARE IN SMALL TRIBUTARIES TO THE MAIN GULCHES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name White Oaks

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME PLACER MINING WAS DONE FROM 1933 TO 1944.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

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