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Silver Creek Placers

Past Producer in Mohave 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027928
MRDS ID M004530
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Creek Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.43581, 35.05891 (WGS84)
Relative position WITHIN 5 MILES OF OATMAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oatman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019N;020N 020W;020W 05,06,21,19,31,32 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • THE SILVER CREEK PLACERS COVER FOUR DIFFERENT LOCALITIES, ALL WITHIN 5 MILES OF OATMAN. THE UTM COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR HARDY MTN., LOCATED IN BETWEEN THE OCCURANCES OF THE GOLD PLACERS, T19N, R20W, SEC. 5.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE VALUE ABOUT $1 PER CU. YD.

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Francisco District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1952, ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING (FIFTH EDITION REVISED): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 160, P. 33.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PLACERS WERE WORKED: (1) SMALL SIDE STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO SILVER CREEK, NEAR MT. HARDY ( T19N, R20W, SEC.5 AND 6 ), SMALL FLAT FLAKES TO PARTICLES AS LARGE AS WHEAT GRAINS. (2) SMALL STREAM BELOW THE PIONEER MINE ( T19N, R20W, SEC.21 ), FINE PARTICLES WITHIN 3 FEET OF BEDROCK. (3) GRAVELS BELOW MOSS VEIN ( T20N, R20W, SEC. 19 ), 2 MILES NORTH OF SILVER CREEK. (4) VALLEY OF SILVER CREEK, 5 MILES NW OF OATMAN ( T20N, R20W, SECS. 31 AND 32 ), LOCATED 5 FEET ABOVE BEDROCK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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