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Richmond Basin Silver Placers

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112416
MRDS ID TC10243
MAS/MILS ID 0040070584
Record type Site
Current site name Richmond Basin Silver Placers
Related records 10060251

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.78399, 33.50698 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockinstraw Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002 N 015 E 24 E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Gold Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Pliocene to middle Miocene deposits
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PLACERING ALSO OCCURRED IN SW QUARTER RIGE T2N

  • Deposit

    WILSON E D GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING IN AZ AZBM BULL 168

  • Deposit

    1978 P 64

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI,E A,AZ INDUSTRIAL MINERALS,ADMR PUB,1978,P29

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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