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Agua Fria Placers

Producer in Maricopa 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109852
MRDS ID M800255
Record type Site
Current site name Agua Fria Placers
Related records 10161815

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.08434, 34.00478 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position NORTH OF LAKE PLEASANT, Utm Located In Se 1/4 Of Section 30 T 8n,R3e Along Moore Gulch

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Spring Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(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 008N 002E;003E Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER GOLD RECOVERED FROM MOORES GULCH, A TRIBUTARY OF THE AGUA FRIA RIVER

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.08434, 34.00478
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO DESCRIPTIONS OF DEPOSITS FOUND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Agua Fria District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, USGS BULL 1355, 1972, P.25

  • Deposit

    WILSON, ABGMT BULL 168, 1961, P.61

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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