The Fred Brown Placers is a iron and titanium, metal mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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:
Commodity: Iron, Titanium, Metal
Lat, Long: 33.68222, -113.17861
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Fred Brown Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fred Brown Placers
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Titanium, Metal
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Big Horn 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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
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
Form: BLANKET
Structure
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Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Ilmenite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 6,000 ACRES OF ALLUVIAL PLAIN. MAGNETITE + ILMENITE MAKE UP 3-7% OF THE ALLUVIUM
Comment (Workings): PROSPECTED BY SCATTERED PITS 10-15 FT DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, USBM IC 8236, 1964, P71
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