Mine detail: Mowry Placers

Previously called 'Patagonia Placers'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.41597, -110.694

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Gravel
Associated type:	Gravel
Structure:	Host Rocks For Ore Bodies In Drainage Area Of Guajolote Flat Are Precambrian Quartz Monzonite, Detrital Gold Was Apparently Freed By Erosion Of Silver, Lead, And Copper Ores That Contain Very Minor Amounts Of Gold

References

MRDS	M899922
DEP	10048338
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM FILES, PATAGONIA PLACERS.}{Deposit:: WILSON, ELDRED D., 1937, ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 142, P. 77-78.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 348.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, MAUREEN G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONAS, USGS BULLETIN 1355, P. 48-49.}{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).}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.