HARMONY MINE, Placer Claim, Pinto Creek, Washington County, Utah

HARMONY MINE UMC426362 20 Acre Unpatented Placer Mining Claim on Federal Land in Washington County, Utah    This 20 acre placer claim is fairly easy to access as a road runs right through it. It is located in Washington County, Utah. This particular area is known for productive placers. This claim has 980 feet of river!   The most important placer district in Utah is the Pinto district, which produced more than 75,000 ounces of placer gold. The placers in the Pinto district occurred in thick gravel deposits in Pinto Canyon and tributary drainages and were derived mostly from oxidized copper and lead-zinc-silver ores of Oligocene age.  Most of the other productive placers in Utah occur along the major river drainages in the eastern part of the State, where sporadic accumulations of flake gold in sand and gravel bars have been mined. Small placers are found associated with lode deposits in scattered areas throughout Utah.   Although Utah is seldom mentioned as a major gold produce