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Hassayampa Placers

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026935
MRDS ID M001140
Record type Site
Current site name Hassayampa Placers
Related records 10113333

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.49214, 34.46033 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position SW OF GROOM CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Creek(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

Prescott 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 002W Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR PLACER AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Early Proterozoic granitic rocks
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hassayampa River Placer District

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY LARGE-SCALE OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED, ALONG WITH THE MANY SMALL-SCALE OPERATIONS.

Comments on development

  • IN 1986, MAYER HAD A PLACER GOLD OPERATION IN SEC 16, OVERLOOK IN SEC. 16, AND WHITE IN SEC 5.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1952 , ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING (FIFTH EDITION REVISED): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 160 , P. 52

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1972 , PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355 , P. 53

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , 160 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST PLACER ACTIVITY IN BIG BUG CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES BETWEEN MCCABE, HUMBOLDT, AND MAYER. PLACERS OCCUR IN STREAM CHANNELS AND ON INTERVENING MESAS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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