Mine detail: Columbia Mine

Previously called 'Humbug Creek'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.03395, -112.30991

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Ore: Gold, Hematite, Magnetite
Orebody form: PROBABLY POCKETS AND BARS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1913-1914

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Colorado Plateau

References

MRDSM045469
DEP10038173
Reference{Deposit:: DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: MINERAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES FOR CALENDER YEAR 1905, P. 1180.}{Deposit:: QUIRING, HEINRICH, 1962, PLATINMETALLE IN DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE 16 BAND: STUTTGART, FERDINAND ENKE VERLAG, 288 P.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON 1972, PLACER GOLD, ARIZ: USGS BULL 1355, P. 59.}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1926, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROMEAND BRADSHAW MTN QUAD: USGS BULL 782, P. 178, 179.}{Deposit:: BROWNE, 1868, REPT ON MIN RES WEST OF ROCKY MTNS: US TREASURY DEPT., P. 480.}{Deposit:: GALBRAITH, F.W., AND BRENNAN, D.J., 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 181, P. 5.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: LINDGREN, 1926.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Dewitt, Ed H., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J.