Mine detail: Gila City Mine

Previously called 'Dome Placers'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.75091, -114.39106

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:

Sand and Gravel

Structure:

Faulted Against The Schist Of The Main Mountain Mass Is The Series Of Probable Tertiary Sedimentary Rocks That Constitute The Bedrock Of The Bench And Of The Placer Deposits. These Beds Consist Of Well-Stratified, Weakly Consolidated Locally Mud-Cracked Clays, Marls, Arkoses, And Sandstones. More Or Less Faulting And Tilting Are Evident Throughout This Formation. After Tilting, These Beds Were Beveled To A Pediment

References

MRDS	M002578
DEP	10102461
Reference	{Deposit:: BUTLER, G.M.; 1937; ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 142, P. 16}{Deposit:: BUTLER, G.M.; 1952; ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 160, P. 18}{Deposit:: ELSING, M.J.; HEINEMAN, R.E.S; 1936; ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G.; 1972; PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 67}{Production:: A.B.M. BULLETIN 142, P. 17; A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104}
Reporter	Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Gere, W.