Copper Basin Placers

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000913
MRDS ID M001103
Record type District
Current site name Copper Basin Placers
Related records 10137856

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.63545, 34.53945 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR PLACER AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skull Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.63545, 34.53945

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner FORBACH AND EASTONE COL
  • Type Operator
    Owner SKULL VALLEY CORP
  • Type Operator
    Owner GOLD STAR PLACER CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1952, ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING (FIFTH EDITION REVISED): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 160, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J., AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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