Gold Gulch placers (Inspiration placers; Teviston placers), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 15' 35'' North , 109° 39' 10'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Placers
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sunsites Gem and Mineral Club | Pearce, Arizona | 42km |
Mindat Locality ID:
32855
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:32855:6
GUID (UUID V4):
c47a947c-c60a-4ddc-95cb-ad349898c683
A former small surface Au placers mine located in the eastern ½ sec. 35 & West-central sec. 36, T.13S., R.26E, approximately 10 miles E of Willcox, on private land. Owned/operated at times, or in part, by the Cochise Mining Co., Inspiration Placers, Inc., Gilman Rice, and the Gold Gulch Mining Co.
Mineralization is a placer gold deposit covering about 300 acres on the NE side of the Dos Cabezas Mountains, in shallow alluvium and gravel covering a granitic pediment in a mountain basin.
This placer area is a pediment floored with granite and dike rocks and more or less mantled with soil and gravels. The gravels on the pediment consist largely of coarse- to fine-grained granitic sand together with varying amounts of clay and a considerable percentage of coarse, semi-rounded boulders.
Workings are mainly a dry placer operation. Estimated activity is over 18,000 cubic yards of alluvium were treated during various periods from the early 1900's to 1940.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Description: Placer gold, mostly coarse. Largest nugget at $375 (period values = about 10 ounces). |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10046227 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Pedregosa BasinBasin
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