Domino Mine Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037096
MRDS ID M030392
Record type Site
Current site name Domino Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Old Chief, San Lou, Brownee

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.7879, 31.4732 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MI NE OF NOGALES IN COX GULCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumero Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022S 015E 35 SE OF SW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT ON S TO LOOKOUT MINE. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered And Leached Prec Metamorphic Rocks; Surface Oxidation And Leaching To 80 Fdepth

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Comoro Canyon Granitic Intrusive
    Rock description Comoro Canyon Granitic Intrusive
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.7879, 31.4732

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Strong Shear Zone; 100 Ft Wide Contact Belt Is Bounded By Quartz Monzonite On N And Diorite Ons

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS, SEAMS
    Strike E-W
    Dip STEEP S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Trending Shear Zone In Altered And Leached Diorite; Deposits Also Concetrated In Contact Zone Between Diorite And Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • .

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Discoverer A.J. Stockton Andtners
Year of first production 1927
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1937
    Period 1880'S-1937
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg 56 Oz/T Ag, 39% Pb, 1% Cu, Minor Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 39wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 1581g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 22.86M
    Overall depth 25.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND PIT OPERATIONS; 83 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, DRIFTS, ATOPES.

Comments on development

  • OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED GRAY BROTHERS (1927), HAVERLY (1929 ), E.W. BROWN, VANDERWALKER AND NUTTLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, DOMINO MINE GROUP.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030392 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit ORE CONSISTS LARGELY OF CERUSSITE ENVELOPING CORES OF GALENA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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