Arizona Placers

Prospect in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234937
MAS/MILS ID 0040130128
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona Placers
Alternate or previous names Alaska Int'L Corp., Silverton Mining & Milling, Golden Sands, Desert Gold Co.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.52604, 33.80066 (WGS84)
Elevation 541

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wittmann(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005 N 003 W 01 S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.52604, 33.80066

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. E. Lewis
    Year 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THIS PLACER AREA COVERS APPROX 8,000 ACRES;E.OF BEARDSLEY

  • Deposit

    TO NORTHEAST OF MORRISTOWN

  • Deposit

    USGS WITTMANN MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR AZ.PLACER MINING CO.FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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