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Vulture Placers

Past Producer in Maricopa 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027074
MRDS ID M001914
Record type Site
Current site name Vulture Placers
Related records 10027543, 10113306

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.83575, 33.82145 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 14 MILES SW OF WICKENBURG, IN THE VICINITY OF THE VULTURE MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vulture Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N}006N 005W}006W 06,07}24;25 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER GROUND COVERS 3 SQ. MI. IN RED TOP BASIN, CONTINUES DOWN VULTURE WASH FOR 2 MILES SE OF VULTURE MINE. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS COARSE AND ANGULAR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.83575, 33.82145
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small Quartz Veins In The Vicinity

Comments on the geologic information

  • AU BEARING QUARTZ VEINS ARE IN THE SCHIST. AU IS MOST ABUNDANT IN THE GRAVELS NEAR THE BEDROCK . GRAVELS CONSIST OF MEDIUM-FINE ANGULAR PEBBLES OF*. GRAVELS CONSIST OF MEDIUM-FINE ANGULAR PEBBLES OF SCHIST & QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1867

Mining district

District name Vulture District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NUGGETS OF 1/2 TO 1 OZ COMMON, SOME 5 OZ SIZE REPORTED. FIRST WORKED IN 1867. BY 1880 THE RICHEST, MOST READILY ATTAINABLE AU HAD BEEN MINED. NO PRODUCTION RECORDS AVAILABLE. SMALL SCALE DRY WASHING CONTINUED UNTIL 1948. PLACER PRODUCTION IN 1931 WAS REPORTED AS $135.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REFERENCE OF 1932 STATES THAT THERE WAS STILL A LARGE AMOUNT OF PLACER GOLD REMAINING IN THE VULTURE REGION

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACER GRAVELS ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 FEET THICK, REST ON SCHIST BEDROCK. PLACER AREA COVERS 3 SQ MILES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT BULL 168, 1961, P. 58-59.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 142, 1937, ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING P. 65.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1355.

  • Production

    ARIZONA BUR. OF MINES BULL. 142; USGS BULL 1355

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARIZONA BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 132

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU BEARING QUARTZ VEINS ARE IN THE SCHIST. AU IS MOST ABUNDANT IN THE GRAVELS NEAR THE BEDROCK . GRAVELS CONSIST OF MEDIUM-FINE ANGULAR PEBBLES. GRAVELS CONSIST OF MEDIUM-FINE ANGULAR PEBBLES OF SCHIST & QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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