Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlStream Gravels In The Pediment Portion Of Mowry Wash And Its Tributaries
Geology
Host rockGravel
Associated rockGravel
StructureHost Rocks For Ore Bodies In Drainage Area Of Guajolote Flat Are Precambrian Quartz Monzonite, Detrital Gold Was Apparently Freed By Erosion Of Silver, Lead, And Copper Ores That Contain Very Minor Amounts Of Gold
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10048338
MRDS IDM899922
Alternate namesPatagonia Placers
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.41597, -110.694
References
USBM FILES, PATAGONIA PLACERS.WILSON, ELDRED D., 1937, ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 142, P. 77-78.SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 348.JOHNSON, MAUREEN G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONAS, USGS BULLETIN 1355, P. 48-49.SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).CIMRI