Mine detail: Gold Gulch Placers

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.06121, -109.40926

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Epidote, Garnet, Limonite, Magnetite
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Last production ended: 1905

Geology

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

References

MRDSM001263
DEP10108993
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.}
ReporterJohnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Calder, Susan R.