1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Gold Reef Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104149
MRDS ID M800254
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Reef Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.84794, 33.87924 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position A FEW MILES NE OF CAVE CREEK, 38 MILES BY ROAD FROM PHOENIX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Humboldt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N 005E 09 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINE GRAINED GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.84794, 33.87924
ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • STOCK HAS A REDDISH COLOR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cave Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Stuart Gold Reef Mines, Inc
    First year 1934
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dan Steele
    First year 1934

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, CUNNINGHAM, AND BUTLER, 1934, ABGMT BULL 137, P. 165

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ IS CELLULAR AND MILKY WHITE; GOLD OCCURS MAINLY IN CAVITIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.