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Gold Gulch Placers

Producer in Greenlee 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108993
MRDS ID M001263
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Gulch Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.40926, 33.06121 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position 2.5 MILES W OF MORENCI, ALONG LOWER PARTS OF PINKARD GULCH AND GOLD GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperplate Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S;004S 029E;028E 19;25,30 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR PLACER AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Surface Oxidation Of Narrow And Irregular Gold-Bearing Veins Along Both Sides Of Pinkard Gulch And The Lower Part Of Gold Gulch

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Morenci Granite Porphyry
    Rock description Morenci Granite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Pinkard Formation;Longfellow Limestone
    Rock description Pinkard Formation;Longfellow Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.40926, 33.06121
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Irregular Deposits Of Gold Are Contained In Limonite Along Ne-Trending Fissure Veins In Diorite Porphyry Or Between Porphyry And Limestone Masses
Type of structure Local
Structure description Gold Is Concentrated In A Number Of Sand Bars Along The Lower Course Of Gold Gulch And Along Pinkard Gulch

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Placer Gold Is Commonly Found Along The Porphyry - Sediment Contact And Occurs Free In Stream Gravel Deposits

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLACER GOLD WAS DERIVED FROM OXIDIZED GOLD-BEARING VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTRUSIVE PORPHYRY, PORPHYRY IN REGION IS GREATLY DISINTEGRATED; VEINS ARE BELIEVED TO BE OF SAME AGE AS THOSE AT MORENCI (CRET-TERT)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Discoverer Ranchers From Silver City, New Mexico
Year of last production 1905

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1972 , PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355 , P. 15

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 43 (1905) P. 211-212, 292-298

  • Deposit

    WILSON, CUNNINGHAM, AND BUTLER, 1967, ARIZ BUREAU OF MINES BULL 137, P. 185

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR VEINS; DISPERSED FLAKES IN STREAM GRAVELS; POCKETS
Deposit SEE ALSO: LAKEMAN MINES, BELL AND PINKARD GROUP, CORPORATE AND CLIMAX CLAIMS (ALL ARE GOLD PRODUCERS IN THE GOLD GULCH AND PINKARD GULCH AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Calder, Susan R. U.S. Geological Survey

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