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GOLD LOCATIONS IN NEW MEXICO;
Like Arizona, New Mexico was prospected by the Spaniards and Mexicans
around 400 years ago. Despite the tales of lost mine, the state has only produced a little
over 2,000,000 ounces of gold since records began being kept. The areas considered most
promising for gold hunting are placer gravel deposits that have eroded from the known lode
mines. The main problem in New Mexico for miners is the serious lack of water.
Bernalillo County New Mexico
In the far eastern part of the county, in Tijeras Canyon, now in the Sandia military base and inaccessible to outsiders, is the location of the Tijeras Canyon District. This district had a total production of 34,488 ounces of gold from 1882-1903 from a number of lode mines.
LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
Lincoln County has produced around 200,000 ounces of gold, mostly from lode sources. Only one placer area was productive.
Jicarilla Mountains
This is an area near the village of Jicarilla northeast of Carrizozo. The placers have been worked almost continuously since 1850 to the present. All of the operations have been small scale, one man type operations. Water is scarce and there is a lot of overburden to remove before any gold is found. However, it is estimated that there is considerable gold here and believe that all of it will be gotten by small scale methods. The estimated production is around 15,000 ounces. Much of the area is claimed and active. Most of the placer operations took place in Ancho, Rico, Spring and Warner Gulches.
Nogal
Occasional small scale work goes on in the placers and lode deposits in the Sierra Blanco Range 6 miles south of Nogal, which is about 8 miles east of Carrizozo. Most of the placers were worked dry and were in Dry Gulch. This area has been worked intermittantly since 1865, but the production is still small, probably less than 1,000 ounces.
Nogal Creek
Reported By: Tim Haller
Nogal Creek is located in the Lincoln National Forest in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Nearly all of the placer ground is currently claimed. However, one 20-acre unpatented claim is operated by Lincoln County Gold Mining Company in Ruidoso New Mexico. They sell daily and yearly passes to a claim which is located approximately three miles south of Nogal, New Mexico
Nogal Creek flows mostly year round, except during severe drought. Creek flow is very shallow and narrow. Depth to bedrock on the Lincoln County Gold Mining Company claim is over 10 feet. A deep backhoe excavation on the claim provides access to the deeper gravels. However, bedrock is not encountered even in the bottom of the excavation. Panning, sluicing, highbanking and dredging (up to 2.5 inch) are allowed.
The placer gold in the Nogal Creek deposits consists of coarse flakes. Occasional small, flattened nuggets of one to two pennyweight are sometimes found. Very little fine gold is present. On rare occasion, small flattened wire gold is found. But the rule here is mostly coarse, flat, bright flakes.
The load source is auriferous pyrite in quartz veins. The quartz veins occur in Tertiary andesite and monzonite country rocks. The free gold was typically seen as wires and small thin "sheets" within and parallel to the strike of the veins. It is assumed that the oblong flat flakes found in the placers originated as small wires. The placers were discovered in the mid-1870s. Lodes were discovered and worked from the late 1870s to the early 1900s. The two best known mines in the district are the Helen Rae and the American. Both mines are located in Dry Gulch, approximately 1/2 mile west of Nogal Creek. Recorded placer production in the Nogal District is only 200 ounces, although more was undoubtedly recovered.
Public access to the earlier described claim is obtained from Mr. Tom Deal at the Lincoln County Gold Mining Company in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Map coverage includes the Lincoln National Forest Map, the White Mountain Wilderness Map, and the Nogal, New Mexico quadrangle.
White Oaks Area
This general area has reported nearly 90% of Lincoln Counties production. The area that
gold can be found is 12 miles north and east of Carrizozo in the White Oaks Mountains.
Placer gold was reportedly mined here befor 1860, but little production has been mentioned
since. The lode mines closed during the 1930's. Most of the placer mining was done in
Baxter and White Oaks Gulch and the tributaries to these gulches.
San Miguel County New Mexico
Pecos
North of Pecos along the Pecos River Canyon on old road 14 miles to the Terrero Store, turn east 1 mile uphill and you will find a long mine dump extending to the Willow Creek Campground. This is in the Willow Creek District and you can find gold on the dump. Willow Creek District produced 178,961 ounces of gold from 1881-1940. This dump was the dump of the Pecos Mine, which produced base metals with a by product of gold.
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