Overview
Located less than 1 mile down a well maintained dirt Forest Service road from the paved highway; a wash featuring large boulder outcrops, quartz stringer veins, deep overburden in the main wash, and close road access provides a challenging claim that is unsuitable for most recreational prospectors.

Located below the lode source that carries free milling gold, sulfide locked gold, along with native copper, this placer claim has significantly concentrations of black sand, and a unique blend of complex ores.

Additionally, the best gold is found either directly below the narrow quartz stringer veins located on either side of the main wash or in the main wash underneath several feet of decomposing coarse granite overburden & flow sand.

Recreational miners will have difficulty finding gold on this claim as the overburden depth in the main wash limits most casual usage miners digging by hand thru overburden.  Additionally, the quartz stringer veins are hard to locate on either side of the wash due to the monsoon season covering & exposing quartz veins with flow sand along with heavy underbrush that have sharp thorns.

Recommended Mining Methods
Dry Washing, Metal Detecting, Crevicing, Recirculating Wet Sluicing

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Geology
When looking for a placer claim the hard rock geology that is located upstream of a placer claim is the main predictor for the type and amount of alluvial gold and other mineralization that gets weathered and eroded from the vein system into the washes and alluvial gravels. 

In the case of the Alluvial Precision 003 placer; the claim is tucked downstream of the main lode source.The main lode source is the Radio Mine vein.  While this vein is not on the claim; the alluvial gold and mineralization has traveled a very short distance and deposited into the bedrock and within the alluvial sedimentation layers on the Alluvial Precision 003 placer claim.  There are also several other smaller vein systems that account for a portion of the alluvial gold deposition on this claim.To speak to the vein system further, this vein system has a primary vein that measures 20 inches wide and is well documented by the Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining (1967), Arizona Bureau Of Mine Bull, 137: 32., and Wilson, ED. , Cunningham J.B, . and Butler, GM (1934) as a gold producing vein system.The Arizona Mineral Potential maps lists this area as a high area of mineral potential.

Access
Unlike many claims in Arizona with only ATV/UTV access; the Alluvial Precision 003 placer has close road accessibility. Located east of Prescott and south of the the town of Cherry this claim less than 1 mile of Forest Service dirt road to travel between the claim parking and the highway turnoff.  There is a 1,800 foot walk to access the claim if approaching from the North.










































Claim Details
The main wash flowing thru the claim has 1,100 linear feet of wash system within the claim boundaries.  Additionally, secondary smaller washes outside of the main wash account of another 490 linear feet of secondary washes.The average width of the main wash is 10-14 feet and the average width of the secondary wash systems are approximately 2-3 feet.

Overburden averages three feet minimum on the main wash.  There is one large bend to the main wash system creating a great place for gold and other minerals to settle.  Large boulders can be found within and around the wash area at random.There is one camping spot located North of this claim and the general area holds other dispersed camping spots in close proximity.

There is one Forest Service campground located approximately 2 miles away.  The town of Cherry also has other accommodations such as small local hotels and RV camp spots. Gold sizes found on this claim:  Fine gold is very prevalent and the most common size of gold to run into on the claim, flake gold is also found on the claim and usually is not super water worn (fairly coarse).

Next Steps
1.  Contact Gunnison Gold Prospecting
 2.  Setup A Prospecting Day (Optional)
3.  Purchase Outright Or Finance In House

Contact
Tyler Long, Lead Prospector
Direct Line:  970-901-9043
Email:  tyler@gunnisongoldprospecting.com

Original Certificate Of Location