Dripping Spring Placers

The Dripping Spring Placers is a gold mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,399 feet.

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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: Dripping Spring Placers

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Gold

Lat, Long: 33.13556, -110.85083

Satelite image of the Dripping Spring Placers

Dripping Spring Placers MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Dripping Spring Placers

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Dripping Springs District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal

Holdings

Workings

Ownership

Production

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Alterations

Rocks

Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene

Analytical Data

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment Type: Location	Comment: LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE
Comment Type: Geology	Comment: ABOUT 10 % OF THE GOLD IS FINR THAN 100 MESH, BUT THE REMAINDER OCCURS AS FAIRLY WELLROUNDED NUGGETS, UP TO 1/2 OUNCE IN WEIGHT

References

Reference Category: Deposit

Reference: WILSON, E. D., 1952 , ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN NO. 160 , P. 62