The Laguna Placers is a gold mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 151 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: 151 Feet (46 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.815, -114.48750
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Laguna Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Laguna Placers
Secondary: Laguna Dam Area
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Laguna District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Schist
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IN 1907, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF LAGUNA DAM, PLACER NUGGETS AND A SMALL GOLD-QUARTZ VEIN WERE FOUND AT THE RIVER MARGIN OF THESE MOUNTAINS. CONSIDERABLE PLACER PROSPECTING HAS BEEN DONE IN SEVERAL OF THE GULCHES OF THIS AREA AND CERTAIN POT HOLES, UP TO 100 FEET ABOVE THE RIVER, WERE FOUND TO CARRY RATHER COARSE GOLD.
Comment (Workings): PLACERS ARE WORKED BY SHALLOW PITS AND POT HOLES
Comment (Location): NW SLOPE OF LAGUNA MTNS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, G.M.; 1937; ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 142, P. 20
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, G.M.; 1952; ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 160, P. 22
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G.; 1972; PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 69
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 217.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 142, P. 20
Arizona Gold
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