Weaver and Rich Hill Placers

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. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000923
MRDS ID M003289
Record type District
Current site name Weaver and Rich Hill Placers
Related records 10259113

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.70965, 34.17785 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR PLACER GROUP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yarnell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(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) -112.70965, 34.17785

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1863
Discoverer Pauline Weaver, Abraham Peebles, And Mexicans In Their Party

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1952 , ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING (FIFTH EDITION REVISED): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 160, P. 43

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1972 , PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355 , P. 60

  • Deposit

    HEYLMUN, E.B., 1988, RICH HILL, ARIZONA: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 57, NO. 8, P. 66-68.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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