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Palmetto Placers

Producer in Santa Cruz 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108974
MRDS ID M000558
Record type Site
Current site name Palmetto Placers
Related records 10259478

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.80068, 31.49236 (WGS84)
Relative position IN THREE R CANYON, 2.5 MILES NW OF THE THREE R MINE; FIVE MILES SW OF PATAGONIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumero Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022S 015E 27 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.80068, 31.49236
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Detrital Gold Probably Eroded From Small Gold-Bearing Veins In The Vicinity Of The Placers.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1927

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES GIVEN. PROBABLY SMALL. SUSPENDED WORK 1927. SLUICE AND DRAG-LINE INSTALLED IN 1927 BUT ABANDONED AFTER 1 MONTH OPERATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. M. BULL. 132, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1355, P. 49.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 168, P. 84.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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