The Horseshoe Placers is a gold mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,402 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: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.09222, -112.11278
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Horseshoe Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Horseshoe Placers
Secondary: Quijotoa
Secondary: Golconda
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1774
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: ERRATIC
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1952, PLACERS AVERAGED $.80/CY.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR PLACER AREA.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ITEMS 8 & 9 ARE ESTIMATED FROM DOLLAR PRODUCTION FIGURES. ( 8 ) IS FROM $29,906 AT $20.67/OZ, ( 9 ) IS ESTIMATED FROM $4242 AT $35/OZ. ITEMS 10 AND 11 ARE ESTIMATED BY KEITH, 1974 .
Comment (Deposit): PLACERS RECOVERED FROM HORSESHOE BASIN (SURROUNDS THE OLD TOWN OF QUIJOTOA), FROM TWO GULCHES (HOMESTAKE AND MIDAS) NEAR COVERED WELLS (MAISH VAYA), AND FROM AN AREA 3 MILES SOUTH OF POZO BLANCO (STOA VAYA) AND 1 MILE WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. UNCONSOLIDATED SURFACE GRAVELS AND UNDERLYING CALICHE-CEMENTED GRAVELS WERE GOLD-BEARING.
Comment (Workings): DRYWASH METHODS USED; ALSO BATEAS.
Comment (Geology): SOURCE OF GOLD IDENTIFIED AS TERTIARY(?) GOLD-BEARING VEINS IN ADJACENT QUIJOTOA MOUNTAINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 140.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1952, ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 160, P. 79-78.
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 (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 160, P. 78; ABM BULLETIN 189, P. 140; JOHNSON, 1972.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1355, 103 P.
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