Laguna Placers

The Laguna Placers is a gold mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 151 feet.

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: 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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