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Ash Creek 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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108983
MRDS ID M001074
Record type Site
Current site name Ash Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Pascola Canyon, Aguaijito
Related records 10234329

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.2543, 31.87595 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position 5 TO 9 MILES E OF PALO ALTO RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stevens Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018S;018S 010E;011E 12,11,10,07,08 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR PLACER AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.2543, 31.87595
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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 Papago District

Comments on the production information

  • "FEW" THOUSAND OUNCES PRODUCED FROM PRIOR TO 1900 AND IN 1930'S AND 1940'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1972 , PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 1355 , P. 39 .

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 131 .

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E. D., 1952 , ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING (FIFTH EDITION REVISED): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 160 , P. 80 .

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 131 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST PLACERS ARE FOUND IN THE UPPER DRAINAGE OF GRANITE CREEK BETWEEN PRESCOTT AND THE HEAD OF THE CREEK (T13N, R2W). GOLD WAS ALSO RECOVERED FROM LOWER REACHES OF GRANITE CREEK AS FAR NORTH AS GRANITE DELLS ( T14N, R2W, SEC. 12 ). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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