Mine detail: San Domingo Placers

Previously called 'Santo Domingo'

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Location: Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.89478, -112.64992
dep_id: 10027072
mrds_id: M001911
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction
Trace mineral: Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Gravel, Platinum
orebody_fm: PROBABLY POCKETS AND BARS
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
conc_proc: Entrapment By Irregularities In Stream Bed Or Deposition In Low-Energy Part Of Stream For Placer Materials
Reporter: Blair, Will N., Harner, Joy L., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Gravel
arock_type: Gneiss
tectonic: Basin And Range Province
Year first produced: 1870
yr_lst_prd: 1962
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1870
prod_yrs: GOLD: 1870-1880, 1905-1952; GRAVEL AND GOLD: 196*
References:
  • 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
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