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King Tut Placer Mine (Apache Oro Mine), King Tut placers, Lost Basin District, Lost Basin Mts (Lost Basin Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Latitude: 35°55'8"N
Longitude: 114°6'25"W
‡Ref.: Johnson, M.G. (1972), Placeer gold deposits of Arizona, USGS Bull. 1355: 32; Wilson, E.D. (1952), Arizona gold placers and placering (Fifth edition revised)): AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 160: 37; Theodore, T.G., et al (1987), USGS PP 1361: 7, 94; Mining Jour. (1933): 10; Engineering & Mining Jour. (1939); USGS Kingman map; AZ LAnd Det. Mineral map; USGS 15 minute Garnet Mountain topo map; AZ Dept. Min. Resources (ADMR) King Tut Placers file; USGS Circular 621, Heavy Metals Program Progress Rept. (1968): 12; USGS PP 650-A: 1; MRDS file #10027785 & 10210566.

A W-Au placer mine discovered in 1931 and ceasing operations in 1942. Located SE of the Climax Mine and East of the Golden Mile Mine.

References

Deaderick, Alfred J. (1980) Geologic investigation of the Apache Oro Mining Claims, Lost Basin Range, Mohave County, Arizona. MS Dissertation NMIMT

Mineral List

Epidote
'Garnet'
Gold
Hematite
Ilmenite
Limonite
Magnetite
Pyrite
Quartz
Quartz
var: Chalcedony

Siderite


11 entries listed. 8 valid minerals.

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