| Deposit ID | 10108994 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M001287 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | North San Francisco River Placers |
| Alternate or previous names | Evans Point Fold Placers, Polaris Group Property, Bokares Placer Mine |
| Related records | 10209972 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.28537, 33.10649 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1097 |
| Relative position | AT CLIFTON TO 6 MILES N (DORSEY GULCH) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Greenlee(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Clifton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Francisco(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Greenlee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004S;004S | 030E;030E | 05,06,07,18,19,30 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Sulfur | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Longfellow Limestone | ||||||
| Rock description | Longfellow Limestone | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -109.28537, 33.10649 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fine Flakes Of Gold Recovered From Well-Graded Stream Gravels And From Coarse, Roughly Bedded Gila Conglomerate Inthe Hills Around Morenci And On The Se Slopes Of Copper King Mountain |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Gold Recovered From Quat River Gravels 50-60 Ft Above The Level Of The Present River Bed |
| General form | STREAKS |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Discoverer | Bokares Claim: George Bokares (1938) |
| District name | Copper Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Amax Inc. |
| First year | 1981 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M001287 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040110058 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1972 , PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355 , P. 17
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; BOKARES MINE, POLARIS MINING AND MILLING CO, COLORADO MINE
USGS PROF PAPER 43, 1905, P. 211-212,77,78
USBM FILES; AMAX INC., EVANS POINT LIME QUARRY
ARIZ DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, POLARIS GROUP AND PARROT GROUP: SEE EVANS POINT GOLD PLACERS
MINING REPORTER, V. 53, N. 16, (APRIL 19, 1906), REVIVAL OF GOLD MINING IN CLIFTON-MORENCI, ARIZONA, DISTRICT
BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Calder, Susan R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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