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King Tut Placers

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027785
MRDS ID M004086
Record type Site
Current site name King Tut Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.10552, 35.91861 (WGS84)
Elevation 1170
Relative position 8 MILES FROM COLORADO RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meadview South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 029N 017W 09 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE TEST VALUES: 69 CENTS PER CU. YD. ( ABMB 160 )
Result $1.17 PER CU. YD. ( USGS B 1355 ).

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 Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.10552, 35.91861
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M
    Length 12874.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Placers Probably Originated From Erosion Of Gold-Bearing Quartz Veins In The Lost Basin Range.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE GOLD-BEARING GRAVELS CONSIST OF SLABBY SCHIST PEBBLES, WITH ABUNDANT SILT AND SAND. THE GOLD OCCURS AS FINE MATERIAL AND FLAT, RUGGED NUGGETS UP TO 1/16 OUNCE. THE GOLD PARTICLES BECOME PROGRESSIVELY FINER GRAINED TO THE NORTHEAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1934 - 1942

Mining district

District name Lost Basin District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1952, ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING (FIFTH EDITION REVISED): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 160, P. 37.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ARIZONA BUREA MINES BULL. 160, P. 37.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 18-APR-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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