Mine detail: Trigo Placers

Previously called 'Colorado River Placers'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.05368, -114.64329

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: PROBABLY POCKETS AND BARS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1866
Last production ended: 1966

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Basin And Range Province

References

MRDSM004568
DEP10027938
Reference{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.}
ReporterGere, W., Hall, R.K. (Creasey, S.C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A., Bolm, Karen S.