Silver Creek Placers

The Silver Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Creek Placers

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: San Francisco District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVERAGE VALUE ABOUT $1 PER CU. YD.

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE PLACERS WERE WORKED: (1) SMALL SIDE STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO SILVER CREEK, NEAR MT. HARDY ( T19N, R20W, SEC.5 AND 6 ), SMALL FLAT FLAKES TO PARTICLES AS LARGE AS WHEAT GRAINS. (2) SMALL STREAM BELOW THE PIONEER MINE ( T19N, R20W, SEC.21 ), FINE PARTICLES WITHIN 3 FEET OF BEDROCK. (3) GRAVELS BELOW MOSS VEIN ( T20N, R20W, SEC. 19 ), 2 MILES NORTH OF SILVER CREEK. (4) VALLEY OF SILVER CREEK, 5 MILES NW OF OATMAN ( T20N, R20W, SECS. 31 AND 32 ), LOCATED 5 FEET ABOVE BEDROCK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): THE SILVER CREEK PLACERS COVER FOUR DIFFERENT LOCALITIES, ALL WITHIN 5 MILES OF OATMAN. THE UTM COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR HARDY MTN., LOCATED IN BETWEEN THE OCCURANCES OF THE GOLD PLACERS, T19N, R20W, SEC. 5.

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 27.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1952, ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING (FIFTH EDITION REVISED): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 160, P. 33.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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