Legal Tender Mine

Past Producer in Colfax county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198847
MAS/MILS ID 0350070177
Record type Site
Current site name Legal Tender Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.22776, 36.60834 (WGS84)
Elevation 3073

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colfax(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Touch-Me-Not 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 028 N 016 E 34 SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.22776, 36.60834

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Emma Lou Matkin
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1946

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRODUCED ABOUT $25000 IN AU BEFORE 1946

  • Deposit

    PETTIT R F JR 1946 NMBM O F 15 P38

  • Deposit

    EVERETT F D 1953 USBM MRB REGION 1V REPORT P14

  • Deposit

    CLARK K F & READ C B 1972 NMBM BULL 94 P123

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN W 1910 USGS PP68 P100

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.

External references