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Gold Prospecting in Arizona. “… a shallow placer in a broad valley where the gold. showed like yellow butter across the bottom of the washing-pan.”. Jack London. Photo by JD Hancock. Over the past century, Arizona geologists documented gold lode and placer mining deposits throughout the State.
Eighty-seven placer districts in Arizona are estimated to have produced a minimum of 564,052 ounces of placer gold from 1774 to 1968. The location, areal extent, past production, mining history, and probable lode source summarized for each district are based on information obtained from a wide variety of published reports relating to placer ...
Much of the active placer gold mining in Arizona is around the town of Wickenburg. Areas of high gold potential are located north of Wickenburg in Yavapai county, and south-southwest in Maricopa county.
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Geological Survey Bulletin 1355 (1975) Table of Contents. Related: Where to Find Gold in Arizona. Arizona Gold Production From Placer Deposits. Arizona ranks tenth in the United States (eighth in the western continental States) in placer gold production.
Eighty-seven placer districts in Arizona are estimated to have produced a minimum of 564,052 ounces of placer gold from 1774 to 1968. The location, areal extent, past production, mining history, and probable lode source summarized for each district are based on information obtained from a wide variety of published reports relating to placer ...
