| Lat / long: | 33.06121, -109.40926 |
| Primary: | Gold |
| Ore: | Gold |
| Gangue: | Epidote, Garnet, Limonite, Magnetite |
| Discovery year: | 1870 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Last production ended: | 1905 |
| Host rock: | Pinkard Formation;Longfellow Limestone |
| Host type: | Gravel |
| Associated rock: | Morenci Granite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | Irregular Deposits Of Gold Are Contained In Limonite Along Ne-Trending Fissure Veins In Diorite Porphyry Or Between Porphyry And Limestone Masses, Gold Is Concentrated In A Number Of Sand Bars Along The Lower Course Of Gold Gulch And Along Pinkard Gulch |
| Tectonic: | Gold Gulch Fault Block; Precipitous Gully Terrain |
| Alteration processes: | Surface Oxidation Of Narrow And Irregular Gold-Bearing Veins Along Both Sides Of Pinkard Gulch And The Lower Part Of Gold Gulch |
| MRDS | M001263 |
| DEP | 10108993 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1972 , PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355 , P. 15}{Deposit:: USGS PROF PAPER 43 (1905) P. 211-212, 292-298}{Deposit:: WILSON, CUNNINGHAM, AND BUTLER, 1967, ARIZ BUREAU OF MINES BULL 137, P. 185}{Deposit:: BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.} |
| Reporter | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Calder, Susan R. |