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Dome City Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027719
MRDS ID M003949
Record type Site
Current site name Dome City Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.07968, 34.16088 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR OSBOURNE'S WELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osborne Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N;010N 017W;018W 31;36 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Specularite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Late to middle Miocene basaltic rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Owner Of The Property, States That The Vein Changes In Direction Of Dip 80 Feet Down In The Shaft From Southwest To Northeast, This Probably Representing A Fold.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Filling Apparently Occupies A Shear Zone In The Gneiss Schist Series

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mammon District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, HOWLAND; 1911; ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 123

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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