Chase Creek placers, Chase Creek, Clifton-Morenci placers (Smuggler placers), Gila Hot Springs Mining District, Greenlee County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 3' 34'' North , 109° 19' 14'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Placers
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
46241
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:46241:6
GUID (UUID V4):
e52a867b-41fe-45fb-9bc0-4cf3e61520c5
A surface placer Au deposit comprised of 17 patented claims, located in secs. 23, 24 & 25, T4S, R29E, at Clifton to 3 miles NW, along the creek, on private land. Geodetic and UTM coordinates describe the 3 patented Chase Creek placer claims in the NW¼ of sec. 25.
Mineralization is dispersed flakes of gold in stream gravels. Ore control was elevated stream gravels resting on Gila Conglomerate; and shallow gullies of tributary canyons. Concentration was erosion and fluviatile processes. Alteration was erosion of gold-bearing veins in the vicinity. The placer gold was derived from oxidized gold-bearing veins associated with a porphyry sill between quartzite and limestone on the ridge between Chase Creek and Morenci Canyon. Gila Conglomerate has not been warped or dislocated by faulting.
Fine flakes of gold are recovered from well-graded stream gravels and from coarse, roughly bedded Gila Conglomerate in the hills around Morenci and on the SE slopes of Copper King Mountain. Placer gold found in sand is extensively mixed with relatively unconsolidated gravels containing volcanic rocks, granite, limestone, and quartz porphyry.
Local features include precipitous gully terrain where erosion has produced nearly vertical bluffs of Gila Conglomerate.
Placer mining was concentrated between Rock House Canyon and Clifton.
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
USA
- Gila MountainsMountain Range
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