| Location: | Yuma County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 32.75091, -114.39106 |
| dep_id: | 10102461 |
| mrds_id: | M002578 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Gold |
| conc_proc: | The Gold Probably Came Originally From The Various Gold Bearing Quartz Veins In The Northern End Of The Gila Mountains. After Each Period Of Subsequent Uplift, They Suffered Rapid Erosion, And The Weathered Quartz Veins Of The Decayed Rocks Readily Parted With Their Gold |
| ore_ctrl: | Most Of The Gold Was Found At Or Near Bedrock In The Gulches But A Considerable Amount Was Recovered From The Benches. Gravels More Than 15 Feet Above Bedrock Have Not Been Profitable |
| Reporter: | Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Gere, W. |
| hrock_type: | Sand and Gravel |
| Structure: | Faulted Against The Schist Of The Main Mountain Mass Is The Series Of Probable Tertiary Sedimentary Rocks That Constitute The Bedrock Of The Bench And Of The Placer Deposits. These Beds Consist Of Well-Stratified, Weakly Consolidated Locally Mud-Cracked Clays, Marls, Arkoses, And Sandstones. More Or Less Faulting And Tilting Are Evident Throughout This Formation. After Tilting, These Beds Were Beveled To A Pediment |
| References: |
- Deposit:: BUTLER, G.M.; 1937; ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 142, P. 16
- Deposit:: BUTLER, G.M.; 1952; ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 160, P. 18
- Deposit:: ELSING, M.J.; HEINEMAN, R.E.S; 1936; ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G.; 1972; PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 67
- Production:: A.B.M. BULLETIN 142, P. 17; A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104
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