| Locality type: | Prospect |
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| Species: | Gold |
| Formula: | Au |
| Comments: | As finely divided free gold in fractures and breccia with gouge, calcite, & Fe & Mn oxides in andesitic volcanics. |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Gold data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Big Horn prospect, Red Raven Wash, Ocotillo Mine Group, Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 171500 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:171500:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 5206e391-f417-4b7c-ba56-2509bf33d8ae |
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| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘC.O.D. Mine (C.O.D. prospect; C.O.D. group of claims), Red Raven Wash, Ocotillo Mine Group, Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
| 4.0km (2.5 miles) | ⓘIXL Mine (I.X.L. prospect; IXL prospect), Geyser lode, Ocotillo Mine Group, Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
| 5.6km (3.4 miles) | ⓘRegal prospect (Regal group prospect), Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
| 8.9km (5.5 miles) | ⓘCemitosa prospect, La Paz County, Arizona, USA |
| 9.8km (6.1 miles) | ⓘGeyser Mine (Silent King Mine), Geyser lode, Ocotillo Mine Group, Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
| 9.8km (6.1 miles) | ⓘNorth Star Mine (Northstar Mine), Kofa Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
| 10.0km (6.2 miles) | ⓘMidnight Mine (Hamilton Mine), Kofa Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
| 10.2km (6.3 miles) | ⓘRand prospect, Geyser lode, Ocotillo Mine Group, Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
| 10.9km (6.8 miles) | ⓘQuartette Mine (Independence Mine; Perseverance Mine; Quartzite Mine), Kofa Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
| 11.1km (6.9 miles) | ⓘKofa gold placers (S.H. placers), Kofa Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
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 | | Report (issue) | | A RECONNAISSANCE IN THE KOFA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. By EDWARD L. JONES, Jr. INTRODUCTION. LOCATION. The...the Kofa Mountains lies in the central part of Yuma County, Ariz. These mountains cover an area of approximately...of the range. HISTORY. Although southwestern Arizona had been prospected for many years, particularly...discovery of the King of Arizona ore body in 1896. The King of Arizona mine produced ore continuously...treatment. -The mine produced gold and silver bullion to the amount of $3,500,000, gold greatly predominating |  | | Report (issue) | | TUCSON, ARIZONA VOL. February 15, 1933 IV, No.2. -=-~ - llututfstty of p.riloun fBulltttu ARIZONA BUREAU...MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNT'Y ARIZONA J By ELDRED D. WILSON ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LIBRARY...PuBLISHED BY 1Itnttttrnitt! of i\rt1!ona TUCSON, ARIzONA ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SERIES NO.7 BULLETIN...BURGESS; G. M. BUTLER; R. J. LEONARD; E. N. HOPKINS ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES STAFF E. P. MATHEWSON, Metallurgist...STATEMENT OF MAILING PRIVILEGE The University of Arizona Bulletin is issued semi-quarterly. Entered as second |  | | Report (issue) | | CASSITERITE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By WALDEMAR T. SCHALLER. A small handful of cassiterite...crystals was found in the northern part of San Diego County, Cal. (fig. 22), in the spring of 1915, and the...showing position of cassiterite locality in San Diego County, Cal. The rectangle indicates the gem tourmaline...tin ore in place previously known in San Diego County. These are as follows: F. J. H. Merrill 1 has stated...of Laguna Mountain, in the southern part of the county. Additional reported occurrences are in Pine Valley; |  | | Report (volume) | | - - - . - - - .. - - . . GO LD AND S I LVER: A gold-platinum-palladium lode in southern Nevada, by Adolph...1915) --------- -- ----------------------------------Gold depo its near Quartzsi te, Ariz., by E. L. J ones...(published Dec. 13, 1915) .. ________ Notes on the fine gold of nake River, Idaho, by J . . L Hill (publi hed...Preliminary report on t.he economic geology of Gilpin County, Colo., by E. S. Bastin and J. M. llill (publish...Jan. 21, 1916). __ ____ . __________ The Aztec gold mine, Baldy, r. Mex ., by W. T. Lee (published Jan |  | | Report (volume) | | Ramey Ridge district ____________________________ Big Creek district ______________________________ Middle...____________________________ Dewey mine ____________________________ Sunnyside mine __________________________...Economic considerations ___________________________ Gold _ _____ ____ _ __ _ ___ _________ _ Silver_____...Thunder Mountain mines ________________________ Dewey mine ____________________________ 58 58 58 60 61 61...Sunnyside mine ______________j.___________ Venable mine ____________________________ Standard mine _____ |  | | Report (issue) | | parts per billion percent short ton U.S. dollar gold silver copper lead zinc cobalt manganese iron uranium...prospects 2. Salmon Ranger District mines and prospect 3. Cobalt Ranger District mines and prospects...east-central Idaho. Most of the Forest is in Lemhi County; only a small portion falls within Idaho and Valley...Salmon National Forest began during 1866 when placer gold was discovered in Leesburg Basin. Hardrock mining...production is estimated to include 940,000 ounces gold, 654,000 ounces silver, 61.9 million pounds copper |  | | Report (volume) | | _____________________________________________ Ammann prospect.________________________________________ Mullen...prospect___________________________________________ Peacock prospect-_________________________________________ Mountain...prospect______________________________________ Mountain Boy prospect.______!____________________________ Bunker Hill...prospects._____--______-_-_--____--_-_-__-______-____ Big Horn or Finch prospects._______________________________________...chalcocite. granular quartz, and boTnite, Big Horn prospect.___________--_-------_---------------------- |  | Price, J. B., Hitzman, M. W., Nelson, E. P., Humphrey, J. D., Johnson, C. A. (2014) Wall-Rock Alteration, Structural Control, and Stable Isotope Systematics of the High-Grade Copper Orebodies of the Kennecott District, Alaska. Economic Geology, 109 (3) 581-620 doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.3.581 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (1932). Little work was conducted in the area after mine closure in 1938 until the late 1960s and 1970s when...total of 389.8 Mlbs Cu and 0.75 Moz of Ag (original mine records). The Mother Lode vein was mined as a downplunge...1997; Price, 2004). Of these, only the Green Butte mine had noteworthy production during the years 1922...some 10 and 27 km east-southeast of the Bonanza mine, respectively (Sainsbury, 1951; MacKevett et al...located only about 1 km east-southeast of the Bonanza mine and occurs along a steeply dipping fault that slightly |
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