The North San Francisco River Placers is a gold mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,599 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: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.10639, -109.28472
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North San Francisco River Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North San Francisco River Placers
Secondary: Evans Point Fold Placers
Secondary: Polaris Group Property
Secondary: Bokares Placer Mine
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
Owner Name: Amax Inc.
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STREAKS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Fine Flakes Of Gold Recovered From Well-Graded Stream Gravels And From Coarse, Roughly Bedded Gila Conglomerate Inthe Hills Around Morenci And On The Se Slopes Of Copper King Mountain
Type: L
Description: Gold Recovered From Quat River Gravels 50-60 Ft Above The Level Of The Present River Bed
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Surface Oxidation Of Gold-Bearing Veins Ne Of Copper King Mountain
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Sulfur
Comments
Not available
References
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.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, POLARIS GROUP AND PARROT GROUP: SEE EVANS POINT GOLD PLACERS
Reference (Deposit): MINING REPORTER, V. 53, N. 16, (APRIL 19, 1906), REVIVAL OF GOLD MINING IN CLIFTON-MORENCI, ARIZONA, DISTRICT
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 43, 1905, P. 211-212,77,78
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES; AMAX INC., EVANS POINT LIME QUARRY
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; BOKARES MINE, POLARIS MINING AND MILLING CO, COLORADO MINE
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972 , PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355 , P. 17
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