Arivaca Creek Placers

The Arivaca Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,501 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

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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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