| Location: | Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 33.06121, -109.40926 |
| dep_id: | 10108993 |
| mrds_id: | M001263 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Gold |
| gangue: | Epidote, Garnet, Limonite, Magnetite |
| alteration: | Surface Oxidation Of Narrow And Irregular Gold-Bearing Veins Along Both Sides Of Pinkard Gulch And The Lower Part Of Gold Gulch |
| conc_proc: | Erosion And Fluviatile Processes; Gold Concentrated In Small Pockets Within Stream Gravel Deposits |
| ore_ctrl: | Placer Gold Is Commonly Found Along The Porphyry - Sediment Contact And Occurs Free In Stream Gravel Deposits |
| Reporter: | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Calder, Susan R. |
| hrock_unit: | Pinkard Formation;Longfellow Limestone |
| hrock_type: | Gravel |
| arock_unit: | Morenci Granite Porphyry |
| arock_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 |
| ylp_ba: | < |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1905 |
| disc_yr: | 1870 |
| discr: | Ranchers From Silver City, New Mexico |
| References: |
- 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.
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