Gold Prospecting Arizona

Morristown, Az off of Castle Hot Springs Road

No, in real life you do not find gold on most metal detecting outings. But, it is important to stay with it, to insure that on one of your outings, your luck will turn.

Gold Prospecting Arizona

Little San Domingo Mine area Arizona - Gold Prospecting Arizona

There are many mining claims here, so, be sure to verify and land you are thinking of gold prospecting on. Always be sure to check BLM claim information first to be sure the areas you are going to are not an active mining claim or restricted State lands.

San Domingo Placers

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Platinum.

45 MI NORTHWEST OF PHOENIX, 7 MI SOUTHEAST OF WICKENBURG, 3 MI NORTHWEST OF MORRISTOWN,.

GOLD IS MOSTLY NEAR BEDROCK IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE GULCHES, BUT IS MORE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE GRAVELS OF THE LOWER COUNTRY

Production years	GOLD: 1870-1880, 1905-1952; GRAVEL AND GOLD: 1960’S

MANY OF THE NUGGETS WERE WORTH ABOUT $1 AND SOME WORTH $30 IN THE EARLY DAYS; IN 1925, $10-$15 WAS COMMON. SAN DOMINGO DISTRICT HAS THE LARGEST PLACER GOLD PRODUCTION IN MARICOPA CO. GRAVELS AVERAGED 0.032 OZ/CY AU (APPROX. 0.021 OZ/TON) FROM 1870-1962. MOST OF THE AREA’S ACTIVITY TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 1870 AND 1880, BUT THERE WAS CONTINUOUS ACTIVITY FROM 1905-1951

PLACER WORKINGS 6-7 MI LONG BY AN IRREGULAR WIDTH. NOT CONFINED TO THE STREAM BEDS BUT ARE ALSO FOUND ON SOME OF THE GRAVELY MESAS. GRAVELS WORKED BY DRY WASHING OR BY ROCKERS WHEN THERE WAS SUFFICIENT WATER. DRYLAND DREDGE OPERATED 1960-1962.

THE SOURCE OF THE GOLD IS BELIEVED TO BE QUARTZ VEINS IN THE NEARBY PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS.

Reporter	01-MAR-75	Blair, Will N.	U.S. Geological Survey	ADDED DATA FOR SAND AND GRAVEL, SOME GOLD INFORMATION
Updater	01-DEC-80	Harner, Joy L.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-DEC-89	Peterson, Jocelyn A.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-OCT-92	Orris, Greta J.	U.S. Geological Survey