Luxemburg

Past Producer in Sierra 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. 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 10223952
MAS/MILS ID 0350510215
Record type Site
Current site name Luxemburg
Alternate or previous names Bunker Hill, Desert Gold, Graf Von Luxemburg Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.5131, 32.95981 (WGS84)
Elevation 1659

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015 S 007 W 36 E2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Upper Santa Fe Group

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pague, William R.
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1973
  • Type Operator
    Owner W. W Starling
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNDERGROUND MINING METHODS ALSO USED

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY EXTENDS INTO SEC 25 & T15S R6W SEC30 &31

  • Deposit

    PRODUCED ABOUT $2000000 IN PLACER GOLD

  • Deposit

    EXTENDS INTO T15S R6W SEC 31

  • Deposit

    HARLEY G T 1934 NMBM BULL 10 P167

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR FILE DATA

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