Guebabi Canyon placers (Nogales placers), Guebabi Canyon, Nogales Mining District (Gold Hill Mining District), Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 26' 58'' North , 110° 52' 24'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Placers
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Beyerville | 177 (2011) | 6.6km |
Rio Rico | 18,962 (2011) | 10.1km |
Kino Springs | 136 (2011) | 11.3km |
Nogales | 20,252 (2017) | 13.4km |
Patagonia | 890 (2017) | 14.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
33923
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33923:3
GUID (UUID V4):
52059420-0bdd-427d-8d04-a08f22845ce9
‡Ref.: Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 353-355.
Wilson, E.D. (1927), Arizona Gold placers, 2nd. ed. (revised), University of Arizona Bull. 124: 56.
Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 135 (1933), Arizona Gold placers and placering: 78-79;
Butler, G.M. (1937) Arizona Gold Placers and Placering. Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 142: 78.
Wilson, E.D. (1961) Gold Placers and Placering in Arizona. Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 168 (revised 1978): 84.
Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 60 (Table 4).
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 236.
U.S. Bureau of Mines card file.
U.S. Bureau of Mines field notes AU29.
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10108977, MRDS ID #M000748; and, Dep. ID #10138021, MAS ID #0040230301.
A former small Au placer deposit/mine located in secs. 1, 2 & 11, T23S., R.14E, on private land. in Guebabi Canyon, a branch of the Santa Cruz River 6 to 10 miles N and NE of Nogales, northeastern part of the Nogales District.
Mineralization is gold-bearing Quaternary gravels.
Considerable production to 1909.
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10108977 |
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- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
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