Mowry Placers

The Mowry Placers is a gold mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,400 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

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Site Name

Primary: Mowry Placers
Secondary: Patagonia Placers

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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
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: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Host Rocks For Ore Bodies In Drainage Area Of Guajolote Flat Are Precambrian Quartz Monzonite

Type: L
Description: Detrital Gold Was Apparently Freed By Erosion Of Silver, Lead, And Copper Ores That Contain Very Minor Amounts Of Gold

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene

Name: Gravel
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Comment (Workings): DRY WASH AND ROCKING OPERATIONS

Comment (Geology): ONE 2-OZ. NUGGET AND SEVERAL SMALLER NUGGETS WERE FOUND; MOST OF GOLD OCCURS AS ANGULAR PARTICLES, LESS THAN 0.1 INCH IN DIAMETER

Comment (Location): 3 MAIN PROSPECTS LOCATED ON USGS MAP, 3/4 MILE EAST OF FLYING R. RANCH. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): KNOWN PRODUCTION IN 1909 WAS 2 OZ. OF GOLD; PRODUCED ABOUT $200 WORTH IN 1906; ROCKING OPERATIONS CARRIED ON DURING SUMMER OF 1933

Comment (Development): PLACERS WORKED BY DRY WASHING DURING EARLY 1900'S

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, PATAGONIA PLACERS.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ELDRED D., 1937, ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 142, P. 77-78.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 348.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, MAUREEN G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONAS, USGS BULLETIN 1355, P. 48-49.

Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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