Empire Gulch, Spring Water Canyon, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Empire Gulch | Gulch |
| Spring Water Canyon | Canyon |
| Greaterville placer deposits | Group of Deposits |
| Greaterville | - not defined - |
| Greaterville Mining District | Mining District |
| Pima County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 47' 52'' North , 110° 35' 32'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sonoita | 818 (2015) | 14.5km |
| Elgin | 161 (2011) | 16.6km |
| Pimaco Two | 682 (2011) | 21.5km |
| Corona de Tucson | 5,675 (2011) | 25.4km |
| Mescal | 1,812 (2011) | 26.0km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Huachuca Mineral and Gem Club | Sierra Vista, Arizona | 38km |
‡Ref.: Hill, J.M. (1910), Notes on the placer deposits of Greaterville, Arizona, USGS Bull. 430: 11-22.
Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 164.
Wilson, E.D. (1927), Arizona gold placers, 2nd. Edition (revised), University of Arizona Bull. 124: 39.
Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 135 (1933), Arizona Gold Placers and Placering: 58.
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 121 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines File Data.
A Au-Ag placer deposit. Owned at times, or in part, or in places by the Stetson Co.; the El Oro Mining Co.; and the Greaterville Dredge Gold Mining Co.
Mineralization is mostly coarse flake and nugget gold with minor combined silver and some attached galena in medium-sized gravel along recent and older buried channels and terraces close to the mountain front. Gold was found only along a 1½ miles of its course below the mouth of Chispa Gulch. The gold occurs in a 2 foot (0.6 meter) thick bed resting on conglomerate bedrock & covered by a 16 foot overburden. The deposit is 300 to 1,000 feet wide at the lower end of the pay belt.
Major operations were undertaken from 1875 to the early 1900's and small and sporadic since then. Estimated production for the entire area is some 30,000 oz. of gold, or more, with about 6,000 oz. of silver.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au Description: Coarse flake & nuggets of placer gold in gravels. Occurs in a bed 2 feet thick resting on conglomerate bedrock & covered by a 16 foot overburden. References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| Au | Gold | |
|---|---|---|
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Arizona
- Santa Rita MountainsMountain Range
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