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Gold Belt

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066392
MRDS ID TC42561
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Belt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.38273, 33.67228 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES W OF PARKER VALLEY IN THE DOME ROCK MOUNTAINS., Estimated Location, +/- 0.5 Mile

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Paz Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004N 021W 24 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.38273, 33.67228
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Haber Inc.
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACERS WORKED BY DRY WASHING.

Comments on development

  • DURING 1984-1986 PERIOD, HABER DRILLED A WATER WELL AT THIS SITE AND CONDUCTED A LIMITED UNDERGROUND SAMPLING PROGRAM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOURCE MINERALIZATION IS BELIEVED TO BE TERTIARY AU-QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS IN IGNEOUS ROCKS. THE GOLD IN THE VEINS IS THOUGHT TO BE VERY FINE AND EASILY TRANSPORTED DOWNSTREAM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-94 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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