Mine detail: Trigo Placers

Previously called 'Colorado River Placers'

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Location: La Paz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.05368, -114.64329
dep_id: 10027938
mrds_id: M004568
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: PROBABLY POCKETS AND BARS
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
conc_proc: Entrapment By Irregularities In Stream Bed Or Deposition In Low-Energy Part Of Stream
ore_ctrl: Deposits Occur In Arroyo Bottom And In Ancient Bar And Channels
Reporter: Gere, W., Hall, R.K. (Creasey, S.C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A., Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type: Gravel
tectonic: Basin And Range Province
Year first produced: 1866
yr_lst_prd: 1966
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1355, P. 75-76.
  • Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1961, GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 168, P. 25.
  • Production:: WILSON, 1961, P. 25.
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