Looking east over Quartzsite, Arizona

Mining History of La Paz County, Arizona

 

Quartzsite Area
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Plomosa Mining District Creation Notice
Arizona Weekly Miner , Feb 28, 1879

 

 


 

Gold Deposits Near Quartzsite, Arizona (PDF 6.2M)
USGS Bulletin 620-C, 1915

Successful Dry Placer Operations at Plomosa (PDF 1.6M)
Mining & Engineering World, 1916

 

Gravel Resources and Placer Gold Development Potential on the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California (PDF 20.3M)
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1987
This study includes some areas east of the CRIT boundary.