Morgan Wash Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102431
MRDS ID M001876
Record type Site
Current site name Morgan Wash Mine
Alternate or previous names Morgan City Mine?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.39602, 33.90228 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position SECTION 31 IN GARFIAS MTN. QUAD AT MORGAN CITY MINE AREA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garfias Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N;007N 001W;001W 31 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SAME AS MORGAN CITY MINE? ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.39602, 33.90228

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pikes Peak District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • PLACER GOLD RECOVERED IN 1939-41, AND 1948, AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1355, P.26.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1961, AGBMT BULL 168, P. 61.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTRICT KNOWN FOR FE DEPOSITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.