The Gold Basin Placers is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,100 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
Elevation: 3,100 Feet (945 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.85139, -114.15417
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Gold Basin Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Basin Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Gold Basin 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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGES LESS THAN $ 1 PER CU. YD. GRAVELS VALUED FROM $.05/CY TO $3.50/CY.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): FINE TO COARSE GRAINS OF GOLD
Comment (Deposit): GOLD-BEARING GRAVELS ARE FOUND IN ARROYOS AND GULCHES ON THE LARGE DETRITAL FAN AND FORM A LAYER 1-3 FT THICK ON TOP OF CEMENTED GRAVELS. SOURCE OF GOLD IS AU-QUARTZ-CARBONATE-SULFIDE VEINS IN PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS.
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATED TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF PLACER AREA.
Comment (Workings): PLACER WORKED BY DRY WASHING AND POWER SHOVELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972 , PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355 , P. 32 - 3
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1952 , ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING (FIFTH EDITION REVISED): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 160 , P. 34
Reference (Deposit): ORRIS, G.J., AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 160, P. 35; ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.
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