Mine detail: Arivaca Creek Placers

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Location: Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.59152, -111.35902
dep_id: 10026916
mrds_id: M001045
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Tungsten, Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Cinnabar, Wolframite
orebody_fm: IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
ore_ctrl: At Or Near Bedrock.
Reporter: Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Gravel,Sand and Gravel
prod_yrs: 195*
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1355, 103 P.
  • Deposit:: KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 104 .
  • Deposit:: WILSON, E. D., 1952 , ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING (FIFTH EDITION REVISED): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 160 , P. 78 - 80 .
  • Deposit:: ORRIS, G.J., AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: FIRST 2 CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE FROM KEITH, 1974. THIRD CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION FIGURE IS FROM JOHNSON, 1972.
  • Reserve-Resource:: 1905 RESERVES FROM JOHNSON, 1972. DEPOSIT SIZE-GRADE ESTIMATE FROM ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.
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