The Arivaca Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,501 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 31.59139, -111.35833
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Arivaca Creek Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arivaca Creek Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Arivaca District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: New Venture Placer Mining Co.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Cinnabar
Gangue: Wolframite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM IS GENERAL FOR PLACER AREA. TOWNSHIP MAY BE 20S.
Comment (Deposit): GRAVELS CONTAIN ABUNDANT BLACK SAND (WITH CINNABAR AND WOLFRAMITE). SOURCE OF GOLD IS BELIEVED TO BE CRET-TERT GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS.
Comment (Workings): SMALL SCATTERED WORKINGS WITH DRY WASHERS USED EXCEPT WHEN WATER AVAILABLE. SLUICES AND A CLARK AGITATING SLUICE ALSO HAVE BEEN USED.
Comment (Production): "FEW" THOUSAND OUNCES OF GOLD PRIOR TO 1900 , A "FEW" HUNDRED OUNCES SINCE THEN.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 104 .
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., 1952 , ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING (FIFTH EDITION REVISED): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 160 , P. 78 - 80 .
Reference (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.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): FIRST 2 CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE FROM KEITH, 1974. THIRD CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION FIGURE IS FROM JOHNSON, 1972.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1905 RESERVES FROM JOHNSON, 1972. DEPOSIT SIZE-GRADE ESTIMATE FROM ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1355, 103 P.
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