The Muggins Placers is a gold mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 801 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: 801 Feet (244 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.77972, -114.25611
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Muggins Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Muggins Placers
Secondary: Vinegarroon Wash Gold Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Muggins 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
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): SOUTHWARD-DIPPING LAVA FLOWS, INTERCALATED WITH THICK BEDS OF CONGLOMERATE, FORM A RUGGED TERRAIN. THIS CONGLOMERATE, WHICH CONSISTS MAINLY OF COARSE, SUBANGULAR PEBBLES OF GNEISS AND GRANITE, RATHER FIRMLY CEMENTED IN A SANDY TO CLAYEY MATRIX, FORMS THE BEDROCK OF THE PLACERS. THE GOLD BEARING GRAVELS OCCUR PRINCIPALLY AS ANCIENT BARS SEVERAL FEET ABOVE THE STREAM CHANNEL AND, TO A LESS EXTENT, IN THE PRESENT STREAM BED. THE GOLD OCCURS AS PARTICLES UP TO 0.15 INCH IN DIAMETER, MOSTLY CONCENTRATED AT OR NEAR BEDROCK. IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DERIVED BY EROSIN OF THE CONGLOMERATE, IN WHICH IT WAS PROBABLY PRESENT AS LOW-GRADE PLACER MATERIAL DERIVED FROM GOLD BEARING QUARTZ VEINS ORIGINALLY CONTAINED IN THE GNEISS, SCHIST, AND GRANITE OF THE RANGE
Comment (Deposit): THE MAJOR PLACERS OCCUR IN BURRO CANYON. MINOR ONES ARE FOUND IN SMALLER CANYONS IN THE VICINITY OF A PROMINENT MOUNTAIN THAT IS VARIOUSLY KNOWN AS KLOTHO, CORONATION, OR MUGGINS PEAK, AND ALSO AT THE SOUTHERN BASE OF LONG MOUNTAIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): THE MUGGINS MOUNTAINS OCCUPY PARTS OF TS. 7 & 85, RS. 8,9, & 10W
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS SURFACE WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.; 1972; PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 70
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 160, P. 22
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134 P. 126
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 142, P. 21
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 160, P. 23
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