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Plomosa Placers

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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 10234991
MRDS ID M045468
MAS/MILS ID 0040120385
Record type Site
Current site name Plomosa Placers
Alternate or previous names Plomosa Placer Deposits, Saxe, Camiola ?, Jack Pot, Aplington, Chrystal Butte
Related records 10038172

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.12248, 33.63316 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plomosa Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tyson Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003 N 018 W 04 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.12248, 33.63316
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADDNL WORKINGS IN T3N R18W SECS 3,9,16 AND T4N R18W SEC 34

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON M G 1972 PLACER GOLD DEP OF ARIZ USGS BULL 1355

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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