The Placerita Project presently consists of twelve mineral properties within a twenty five mile radius in Yavapai County, Arizona. Alliance Mining’s ground lies within the mineral-rich geological belt known as the Transitional Zone between the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range geological provinces. The region once hosted over one thousand mines before the Second World War.
Placerita Mining Camp History
The properties of the Placerita region were first mined by spanish miners who started mining operations in the region in the 1880's. The region hosted several stamp mills and arrastre's for processing free gold. The mining community was wiped out by a flash flood in the 1890's. The next mining era was between 1920's and 1945 were several mining companies were in the region before the downturn in the mining as a result of the war powers act of 1942. The War Powers Act forced miners and resources to move from precious metal mines to base metals in order to help out the War effort. Therefore most of the gold and silver mining ceased in the region and base metal exploration and mines took over the region. After the war most of the base metal mines closed as mining lost its importance within the local
economies for new industries. Since the war years there has been little to no known recorded exploration except for limited exploration done by Phelps Dodge Mining Corporation who has held most of the ground in this region since the post war years before dropping properties in the region due to significant BLM maintenance fee hikes.
Alliance Mining is presently establishing a pipeline of highly prospective mineral properties in the region that may be acquired for future delineation. Our intent is to quickly delineate any resources on properties while dropping properties of little merit for new properties coming online.
