The Vulture Placers is a gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,001 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.82139, -112.83500
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Vulture Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vulture Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Vulture District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1867
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): NUGGETS OF 1/2 TO 1 OZ COMMON, SOME 5 OZ SIZE REPORTED. FIRST WORKED IN 1867. BY 1880 THE RICHEST, MOST READILY ATTAINABLE AU HAD BEEN MINED. NO PRODUCTION RECORDS AVAILABLE. SMALL SCALE DRY WASHING CONTINUED UNTIL 1948. PLACER PRODUCTION IN 1931 WAS REPORTED AS $135.
Comment (Workings): PLACER GRAVELS ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 FEET THICK, REST ON SCHIST BEDROCK. PLACER AREA COVERS 3 SQ MILES.
Comment (Geology): AU BEARING QUARTZ VEINS ARE IN THE SCHIST. AU IS MOST ABUNDANT IN THE GRAVELS NEAR THE BEDROCK . GRAVELS CONSIST OF MEDIUM-FINE ANGULAR PEBBLES OF*. GRAVELS CONSIST OF MEDIUM-FINE ANGULAR PEBBLES OF SCHIST & QUARTZ.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): REFERENCE OF 1932 STATES THAT THERE WAS STILL A LARGE AMOUNT OF PLACER GOLD REMAINING IN THE VULTURE REGION
Comment (Location): PLACER GROUND COVERS 3 SQ. MI. IN RED TOP BASIN, CONTINUES DOWN VULTURE WASH FOR 2 MILES SE OF VULTURE MINE. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS COARSE AND ANGULAR
Comment (Deposit): AU BEARING QUARTZ VEINS ARE IN THE SCHIST. AU IS MOST ABUNDANT IN THE GRAVELS NEAR THE BEDROCK . GRAVELS CONSIST OF MEDIUM-FINE ANGULAR PEBBLES. GRAVELS CONSIST OF MEDIUM-FINE ANGULAR PEBBLES OF SCHIST & QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 168, 1961, P. 58-59.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 142, 1937, ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING P. 65.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1355.
Reference (Production): ARIZONA BUR. OF MINES BULL. 142; USGS BULL 1355
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ARIZONA BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 132
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