Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryPlatinum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStream Placer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPROBABLY POCKETS AND BARS
Ore controlStream Hydraulics
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Hematite, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockGravel
Tectonic settingColorado Plateau
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1913-1914
Identification
Deposit ID10038173
MRDS IDM045469
Alternate namesHumbug Creek
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.03395, -112.30991
References
DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: MINERAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES FOR CALENDER YEAR 1905, P. 1180.QUIRING, HEINRICH, 1962, PLATINMETALLE IN DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE 16 BAND: STUTTGART, FERDINAND ENKE VERLAG, 288 P.JOHNSON 1972, PLACER GOLD, ARIZ: USGS BULL 1355, P. 59.LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1926, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROMEAND BRADSHAW MTN QUAD: USGS BULL 782, P. 178, 179.BROWNE, 1868, REPT ON MIN RES WEST OF ROCKY MTNS: US TREASURY DEPT., P. 480.GALBRAITH, F.W., AND BRENNAN, D.J., 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 181, P. 5.CIMRILINDGREN, 1926.