The Trigo Placers is a gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,001 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: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.05361, -114.64250
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Trigo Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trigo Placers
Secondary: Colorado River Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Trigo District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1866
Year Last Production: 1966
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
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: PROBABLY POCKETS AND BARS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MOUTH OF BLACK ROCK WASH ABOUT 15 MI SOUTH OF CIBOLA IN IMPERIAL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. RECORD ORIGINALLY INDICATED A LOCATION IN T. 2 N., R. 21 W., BUT THIS DID NOT APPEAR LIKELY
Comment (Commodity): UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PGE DATA (1989); NO MENTION OF PT IN REFERENCES CITED. MOST OF GOLD IS FLAT GRAINS
Comment (Development): PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH 1966
Comment (Workings): FOR MANY YEARS, SMALL-SCALE, INTERMITTENT DRY WASHING OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED ON IN THIS FIELD, BUT NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION EXISTS
References
Reference (Production): WILSON, 1961, P. 25.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1961, GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 168, P. 25.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1355, P. 75-76.
Arizona Gold
"Where to Find Gold in Arizona" looks at the density of modern placer mining claims along with historical gold mining locations and mining district descriptions to determine areas of high gold discovery potential in Arizona. Read more: Where to Find Gold in Arizona.
