The Gold Gulch Placers is a gold mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,701 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: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.06111, -109.40861
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Gold Gulch Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Gulch Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Copper Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Year Last Production: 1905
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Irregular Deposits Of Gold Are Contained In Limonite Along Ne-Trending Fissure Veins In Diorite Porphyry Or Between Porphyry And Limestone Masses
Type: L
Description: Gold Is Concentrated In A Number Of Sand Bars Along The Lower Course Of Gold Gulch And Along Pinkard Gulch
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Surface Oxidation Of Narrow And Irregular Gold-Bearing Veins Along Both Sides Of Pinkard Gulch And The Lower Part Of Gold Gulch
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR PLACER AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR VEINS; DISPERSED FLAKES IN STREAM GRAVELS; POCKETS
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: LAKEMAN MINES, BELL AND PINKARD GROUP, CORPORATE AND CLIMAX CLAIMS (ALL ARE GOLD PRODUCERS IN THE GOLD GULCH AND PINKARD GULCH AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): PLACER GOLD WAS DERIVED FROM OXIDIZED GOLD-BEARING VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTRUSIVE PORPHYRY, PORPHYRY IN REGION IS GREATLY DISINTEGRATED; VEINS ARE BELIEVED TO BE OF SAME AGE AS THOSE AT MORENCI (CRET-TERT)
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972 , PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355 , P. 15
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 43 (1905) P. 211-212, 292-298
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, CUNNINGHAM, AND BUTLER, 1967, ARIZ BUREAU OF MINES BULL 137, P. 185
Reference (Deposit): BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.
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