20 Acre Unpatented Placer Mining Claim

Mining Claim Details

Operation Type: Placer Development Status: Past producer Commodities: Gold (primary), silver, and copper Tailings: Yes Access : There is a very good dirt road that breaks off from Highway 95 (less than 500ft away). Foot Traffic : None, but possible. Nearest City : Yuma, AZ Point 1 (NW) Coordinates:

32.78672, -114.38847

We encourage our potential buyers to visit the site before purchasing. Message us for more information on how to a the location. Note that we are also selling selling another 20 acre unpatented mining claim neighboring this one (south) purchased together, the cost is $9,995 for the 40 acres of mining claim rights.

Mining District Information

The Laguna or Las Flores mining district covers the Laguna Mountains, sometimes called the San Pedro Mount in southwestern Yuma County. The mountains are bordered on the west by the Colorado River, on the south by Gila River, and on the east by Castle Dome Wash . Low hills and ridges extend northward along the Colorado R to major washes draining into the Colorado River. The Spanish name "Laguna" (meaning "lake") came from a la swamp that was formed in the past along the Colorado River near Laguna Dam. Las Flores (meaning "the flowers" in Spanish) was the name given by early Mexican miners to the mining area and settlement on the eastern flan the main mass of the range .

The Laguna Mountains are a relatively low, rugged, irregularly dissected range bordered by elevated pediments Elevations range up to some 1,080 feet. Mountains consist of Precambrian metamorphic rock with some more r lavas. It has also been noted that schist and gneiss of Precambrian to Mesozoic age, cut by pegmatite dikes an quartz veins are approximately along the major laminations, and Tertiary, well-stratified sandstone. sills, and gypsiferous clays around the margin of the mountains, at places in fault contact with the older rocks. It was discovered that these sediments were faulted and tilted to form the base of the pediment around the mountains Volcanic rocks were seen on the western side of the range resting on the older metamorphic and possibly the Tertiary sediments. Quaternary , poorly stratified, weakly consolidated gravels with minor sand, clay, and silt w found to occur on the beveled Tertiary beds and metamorphics. It is believed they were deposited by the Color and Gila Rivers when the rivers were at higher elevations than at present. The wall rocks show strong sericitization and and minor silicification and carbonization.

Gold placer deposits and the gold · quartz veins are the only economic mineral occurrences that have been foun the Laguna district. In the Las Flores area, placer gold was found in the gulches below the gold mines in the metamorphic rocks. At the eastern end of the Laguna Dam, gold-bearing quartz veins in the schist and gneiss produced coarse-gold placer deposits that extended into the Colorado River, some gold being recovered from potholes up to 100 feet above the present river. Most of the gold mining was done in the Las Flores area where bearing quartz veins are along zones of shearing and brecciation in metamorphic schist and are usually schist, irregular, and lenticular. The quartz is shattered with iron oxides, carbonates. sericite. manganese oxides and gypsum filling the fractures and voids. The gold occurs in ragged fragments in the quartz and iron oxides. Wea oxidized copper minerals suggested that sulfides may have been present.

The placer and vein deposits were believed to be found and prospected prior to 1865 and a small stamp mill wa reported in operation at Las Flores in 1870. Dredging on the Colorado River in the Laguna Dam location was c out around 1884 or 1885 but ended in the destruction of the dredge in a flood . When the Laguna Dam was constructed in 1907. Workers found gold nuggets in the potholes, and a small gold-quartz vein in the bedrock a the bank of the river. Some small-scale intermittent mining and placer operations have continued up to recent ti but the most productive period was prior to 1900.

The total estimated and recorded gold and silver production through 1974 placer deposits is approximately 5,7 ounces of gold and about 1,100 ounces of silver. Total estimated and recorded lode production through 1974 w amount to some 556 tons of ore containing about 324 ounces of gold, 661 ounces of silver, and 98 pounds of copper. It is important to note that past findings do not guarantee any mineral content, reserves, or future earnings.

Legal Facts

Mining claims are a tangible asset and show your rights to the minerals in the claim boundary, not the actual land. The land belongs to the federal government, managed by the Bureau of land management (BLM). You can own a claim if you are a citizen of the United States, a minor who has reached the age of discretion, a corporation, and non-citizens (aliens)who have declared their intention to become a citizen (43 CFR 3832.1).

Ownership of this mining claim is transferred by a quit claim deed. Your payment of this eBay item gives you 10 ownership of the entire claim.Upon full payment, a quitclaim deed naming you as the new owner for this mining will be sent to you.

All fee's and documents required by the BLM have been filed for this assessment year.

To maintain an unpatented mining claim on federal public lands, you must either pay an annual maintenance fee or perform annual assessment work and file an affidavit . The performance of annual work, with a waiver form with the BLM bef September 1st, 2027. And each following year. If you fail to file the paperwork properly, the

BLM will close the and you can lose ownership.

The documents delivered to you will also include the required forms to maintain th claim in good standing with the BLM.

Purchasing Procedure

After you send payment,* you will receive the following:

1. GPS coordinates to get you to the claim.

2. A BLM recorded "Quitclaim Deed" after the claim is paid in full and you will receive the Deed 4-6 weeks later is to transfer ownership.

3. Paperwork to help you register the claim in your name for next year, and directions to renew the claim to kee active for future years.

4. My assistance to answer any questions you may have about the purchase. If you have any questions before purchasing, please do not hesitate to contact me.

*I only accept Zelle, PayPal, or in-person payments. Note that eBay does not appear to allow payment through their website due to the category of mining claim.