The Courtland-Gleeson Placer is a gold mine located in Cochise 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
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Courtland-Gleeson Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Courtland-Gleeson Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT COMPOSED OF THIN MANTLES OF GRAVEL/SOIL ON LIMESTONE PEDIMENT. SOURCE OF GOLD IS BELIEVED TO BE THE AREA'S PB-ZN DEPOSITS.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, 1972.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.
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 (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1355, 103 P.
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