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Cababi Placers

Producer in Pima 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108979
MRDS ID M001009
Record type Site
Current site name Cababi Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.81043, 31.98179 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Relative position 4 MILES N OF STATE HIGHWAY 86 , 5 MILES E OF SELLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sells East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 005E 03 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR PLACER GROUP
  • PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.81043, 31.98179
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLAKY TO FLOURY GOLD IN UPPER GRAVELS COARSER NEAR BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1972 , PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 1355 , P. 40 - 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) 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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