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Gold Basin 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027786
MRDS ID M004090
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Basin Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.15498, 35.8514 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 9 MILES S OF COLORADO RIVER, NEAR GARNET MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Basin(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 028N;029N 017W;018W 29 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATED TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF PLACER AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINE TO COARSE GRAINS OF GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGES LESS THAN $ 1 PER CU. YD. GRAVELS VALUED FROM $.05/CY TO $3.50/CY.

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 Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.15498, 35.8514
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Basin District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACER WORKED BY DRY WASHING AND POWER SHOVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1972 , PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355 , P. 32 - 3

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1952 , ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING (FIFTH EDITION REVISED): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 160 , P. 34

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J., AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 160, P. 35; ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD-BEARING GRAVELS ARE FOUND IN ARROYOS AND GULCHES ON THE LARGE DETRITAL FAN AND FORM A LAYER 1-3 FT THICK ON TOP OF CEMENTED GRAVELS. SOURCE OF GOLD IS AU-QUARTZ-CARBONATE-SULFIDE VEINS IN PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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