Mine detail: Horseshoe Placers

Previously called 'QuijotoaGolconda'

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Location: Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.09233, -112.1135
dep_id: 10026742
mrds_id: M000027
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold, Silver
orebody_fm: ERRATIC
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
ore_ctrl: Placer Gold And Silver Resting On Caliche-Cemented Gravel.
Reporter: Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Gravel,Alluvium
Year first produced: 1774
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1355, 103 P.
  • Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 140.
  • Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1952, ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 160, P. 79-78.
  • 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.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ABM BULLETIN 160, P. 78; ABM BULLETIN 189, P. 140; JOHNSON, 1972.
  • Reserve-Resource:: ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.
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