Big Bug Placers

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000919
MRDS ID M001182
Record type District
Current site name Big Bug Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.25264, 34.45755 (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

Poland Junction(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

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 Yavapai

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.25264, 34.45755

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner MAYER MINING & MATERIALS
    Home office MAYER, ARIZ.
    Year 1986
  • Type Operator
    Owner OVERLOOK MINING CO.
    Home office MAYER, ARIZ.
    Year 1986
  • Type Operator
    Owner NEAL S. WHITE
    Home office COTTONWOOD, ARIZ.
    Year 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1952, ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING (FIFTH EDITION REVISED): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 160, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCESDIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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