The Canada Del Oro Mine is a gold mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,598 feet.
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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: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.54778, -110.78694
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Canada Del Oro Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Canada Del Oro Mine
Secondary: Old Hat Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Oracle District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU FINENESS AVERAGES ABOUT 905
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR NW BASE OF SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)
Comment (Production): PROBABLY PRODUCTION BY THE SPANIARDS BEFORE 1903. DURING 1932-1933 AVERAGE DAILY RETURNS FOR 30 MEN WAS ABOUT 50 CENTS
Comment (Development): DURING 1931-1932 GRAVELS WERE WORKED IN THE LOWER CANADA. NO PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE.
Comment (Deposit): EQUAL VALUE DEPOSIT FROM SURFACE TO BEDROCK. AVERAGE THICKNESS 150 FEET. RANGED FROM 6 TO 252 FEET THICK. DEPOSIT GENERALLY LOOSE UNCEMENTED GRAVEL, WITH ALTERNATING DEEP RED, CLAYEY STRATA.
References
Reference (Production): ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 132
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 132, ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING, 1932, P. 59-61.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 142, ARIZ. GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING, 1937, P 74-77.
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