Mine detail: San Domingo Placers

Previously called 'Santo Domingo'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.89478, -112.64992

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction
Tertiary: Platinum
Ore: Gold, Gravel, Platinum
Orebody form: PROBABLY POCKETS AND BARS
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: GOLD: 1870-1880, 1905-1952; GRAVEL AND GOLD: 196*
First production started: 1870
Last production ended: 1962

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Associated type:Gneiss
Tectonic:Basin And Range Province

References

MRDSM001911
DEP10027072
Reference{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1961, GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 168, P. 59-60.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1355, P. 21-23.}{Deposit:: QUIRING, HEINRICH, 1962, PLATINMETALLE IN DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE 16 BAND: STUTTGART, FERDINAND ENKE VERLAG, P. 245.}{Deposit:: GALBRAITH, F.W., AND BRENNAN, D.J., 1970, MINERALS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 181, P. 5.}{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}{Reserve-Resource:: ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Harner, Joy L., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J.