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Gold Gulch Placers

Past Producer in Cochise 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046227
MRDS ID M241088
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Gulch Placers
Alternate or previous names Inspiration, Teviston
Related records 10159475

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.65343, 32.26012 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position APPROX 10 MI E OF WILLCOX

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Railroad Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S 026E 35,36 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2 SEC 35, W CENTRAL SEC 36 UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAINLY A DRY PLACER OPERATION. ESTIMATED THAT OVER 18,000 CUBIC YARDS TREATED DURING VARIOUS PERIODS FROM EARLY 1900'S TO 1940.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.65343, 32.26012
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLACER GOLD IN SHALLOW ALLUVIUM AND GRAVEL COVERING A GRANITIC PIEDMONT IN A MOUNTAIN BASIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Teviston District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cochise Mining Co.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Inspiration Placers, Inc.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Gilman Rice
  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Gulch Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 72.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E. D., 1961, ABM BULL. 168, P. 69.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey

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