The Mowry Placers is a gold mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 31.41583, -110.69333
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Mowry Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mowry Placers
Secondary: Patagonia Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Host Rocks For Ore Bodies In Drainage Area Of Guajolote Flat Are Precambrian Quartz Monzonite
Type: L
Description: Detrital Gold Was Apparently Freed By Erosion Of Silver, Lead, And Copper Ores That Contain Very Minor Amounts Of Gold
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Workings): DRY WASH AND ROCKING OPERATIONS
Comment (Geology): ONE 2-OZ. NUGGET AND SEVERAL SMALLER NUGGETS WERE FOUND; MOST OF GOLD OCCURS AS ANGULAR PARTICLES, LESS THAN 0.1 INCH IN DIAMETER
Comment (Location): 3 MAIN PROSPECTS LOCATED ON USGS MAP, 3/4 MILE EAST OF FLYING R. RANCH. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): KNOWN PRODUCTION IN 1909 WAS 2 OZ. OF GOLD; PRODUCED ABOUT $200 WORTH IN 1906; ROCKING OPERATIONS CARRIED ON DURING SUMMER OF 1933
Comment (Development): PLACERS WORKED BY DRY WASHING DURING EARLY 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, PATAGONIA PLACERS.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ELDRED D., 1937, ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 142, P. 77-78.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 348.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, MAUREEN G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONAS, USGS BULLETIN 1355, P. 48-49.
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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