Little San Domingo Mine

The Little San Domingo Mine is a tungsten mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,920 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

Name: Little San Domingo Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  Maricopa

Elevation: 2,920 Feet (890 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 33.94333, -112.56194

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Little San Domingo Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Little San Domingo Mine


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: White Picacho District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
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

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified


Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M800237 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO TAMARAK GROUP, MRDS RECORD M002844.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Comment (Workings): SEVEN SMALL OPEN CUTS AND AN INCLINED SHAFT, DRIVEN TO CROSSCUT A FEW GOLD-QUARTZ STRINGERS


References

Reference (Deposit): BELL, 1947, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 384.

Reference (Deposit): DALE, 1959, USBM RI 5516.

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, 1952, ABM BULL 162.

Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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