Oro Fino

Past Producer in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Gemstone
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008977
MRDS ID D001556
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Fino

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.62728, 46.24573 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orofino Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 008W 28,33,21,19 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LONG GENERAL FOR AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.62728, 46.24573

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boulder Mountains Area

Comments on the production information

  • EST. PROD. $350,000 MOSTLY AG FROM CHAMPION MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND SCHRADER, F.C., 1933, METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 842

  • Production

    PARDEE, 1933, USGS BULL. 842

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Fisher, Fred S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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