Gold Gulch Placers

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

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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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