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