El Rito Gold Deposits

Occurrence in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126491
MAS/MILS ID 0350390259
Record type Site
Current site name El Rito Gold Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.20418, 36.35694 (WGS84)
Elevation 2090

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Rito(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abiquiu(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson 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 Rio Arriba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.20418, 36.35694

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Arriba Gold Fields, Ltd.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOCK SELLING ACTIVITIES OF COMPANY BROUGHT TO ATTENTION

  • Deposit

    OF OFFICE OF THE NEW MEXICO BANK EXAMINER. STATE EMPLOYED

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGISTS EXAMINED EXPOSURES. SAMPLES SHOWED LITTLE GOLD.

  • Deposit

    TRACE OF SILVER (NO VALUE) AND NO MERCURY. THE GEOLOGISTS

  • Deposit

    CONSIDERED THE DEPOSIT TO OFFER NO POSSIBILITIES FOR

  • Deposit

    COMMERCIAL MINING. THIS REPORT CONTRADICTED THE VERY

  • Deposit

    OPTIMISTIC ADVERTISING MATERIAL WHICH WAS CIRCULATED.

  • Deposit

    (WELLS AND WOOTTON, 1932, P 14- 15)

  • Deposit

    EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN

  • Deposit

    WELLS E.H. AND WOOTTON T.P. GOLD MINING AND GOLD DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    IN NEW MEXICO NMBM CIRC. 5 1932 P 14-15

  • Deposit

    LASKY S.G. AND WOOTTON T.P. THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW

  • Deposit

    MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES NMBM BULL. 7 1933

  • Deposit

    P 88

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON E.C. THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954 NMBM BULL. 39 1957

  • Deposit

    P 106

  • Deposit

    BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 91 1968 P 101

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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