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Fred Brown Placers

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048184
MRDS ID M800248
Record type Site
Current site name Fred Brown Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.17937, 33.68228 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF AGUILA, Utm Located At Corner Of Sections 15,16,21,22

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Horn Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(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 004N 009W 9,10,14,15,16,17,20,23,27,28,29,30,32 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.17937, 33.68228
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Fred R. Brown

Mining district

District name Big Horn District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED BY SCATTERED PITS 10-15 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, USBM IC 8236, 1964, P71

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6,000 ACRES OF ALLUVIAL PLAIN. MAGNETITE + ILMENITE MAKE UP 3-7% OF THE ALLUVIUM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-82 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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