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La Paz Placers

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102584
MRDS ID M004587
Record type Site
Current site name La Paz Placers
Related records 10259156

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4144, 33.66006 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position 10 MILES WEST OF QUARTZITE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Paz Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004N}003N 021W}021W 35,26} Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) Jurassic granitic rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Best Values Near Dissected Pediment, Near Bedrock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name La Paz District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner La Paz Mining Co.
    First year 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF MANY SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SHALLOW CUTS

Comments on development

  • DURING 1984-1986, LA PAZ MINING PERFORMED A SURFACE DRILLING PROGRAM AND BULK SAMPLE TEST IN SECTION 26.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, G.M.; 1937; ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING; ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 142, P. 24

  • Deposit

    BUTLER; G.M.; 1937; ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING; ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 160, P. 25

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J.; HEINEMAN, R.E.S.; 1936; ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G.; 1972; PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 76

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 142, P. 26; A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104. (9) KEITH, S.B., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VARIOUS WASHES THROUGHOUT AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Orris, Greta J. 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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