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Gila River Placers

Producer in Graham 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108995
MRDS ID M001421
Record type Site
Current site name Gila River Placers
Alternate or previous names Neel Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.44315, 32.9301 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position GILA RIVER AT GRAHAM-GREENLEE COUNTY LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gila Box(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S;006S 029E;028E Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ALONG GILA RIVER BETWEEN EAGLE CREEK AND BONITA CREEK: 15 - 50 CENTS/CU. YD. NEEL PLACER AVERAGED 60 CENTS/CU. YD. ( 1933 - 1938 ).

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.44315, 32.9301
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR/FLAKY, WIRY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gold Occurs In Ancient River Gravels That Mantle Terraced Bluffs Of Gila Conglomerate.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gila River Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1355, P. 18-20.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 160, P. 65.

  • Production

    A. B. M. BULLETIN 160 , P. 65 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Olm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 18-APR-1995 Orris, Greta J. 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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