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Minnehaha Placers

Producer in Yavapai 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10108985
MRDS ID M001125
Record type Site
Current site name Minnehaha Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40074, 34.19088 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES W OF CROWN KING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minnehaha(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N;010N 001W;002W Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR LOCALITIES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GOLD VALUED AT $17 PER OUNCE ( 1880

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.40074, 34.19088
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Minnehaha District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1952 , ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING (FIFTH EDITION REVISED): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 160 , P. 55

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 160

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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