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Las Coloradas Placer Claim

Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100760
MRDS ID MX00583
Record type Site
Current site name Las Coloradas Placer Claim
Alternate or previous names El Apache Creek
Related records 10182378

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.96732, 30.6335 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION GIVEN FOR TOWN OF BACOACHI, SONORA, ABOUT 35 MI S OF U.S. BORDER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST 1 MINUTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.96732, 30.6335
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bacoachi

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Terramar Resource Corp., Canada
    First year 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3110HA

Comments on the workings information

  • CLAIM COVERS 3110 HA AREA IN BACOACHI MINING DISTRICT.

Comments on development

  • SMALL SCALE MINING IN MID-1800'S. GAMBUSINOS ACTIVE IN THE AREA IN EARLY 1980'S. BULK SAMPLING PROGRAM UNDERWAY IN 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1985, MEXICAN PLACER TESTS: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 153, NO. 2, P. 89.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1985, TERREMAR...CLAIMS GOLD IN MEXICO: MINING JOURNAL, V. 304, P. 445.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 40 CU M/H MOBILE PLANT BUILT FOR BULK SAMPLING PROGRAM. PLANS FOR 150-400 CU M/H MINING OPERATION, DEPENDING ON RESULTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB
Deposit AU IN ALLUVIAL AND ELLUVIAL GRAVELS DERIVED FROM AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS EXPOSED TO THE E OF CLAIM AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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