Big Horn Mountains placers (Tiger placers; Big Horn placers; Davenport placers; Sweeney placers Borian placers), Big Horn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Latitude: 33°45'42"N
Longitude: 113°14'18"W
‡Ref.: Carter, T.L. (1911), Gold placers in Arizona, Engineering and Mining Journal: 90: 561.
Wilson E.D. (1961), Gold placers and placering in Arizona Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 168: 61.
Johnson, M.G. (1972), Placer gold deposits of Arizona, USGS Bull. 1355: 20.
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 236.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10048183.
A former placer Au mine. Produced 1933 to 1942.
Mineralization is Au placer deposit resulting from the erosion & deposition of gold-quartz veins.
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