Oro Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039553
MRDS ID M050267
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Mine
Alternate or previous names Nil Desperandum, Golden Eagle Group
Related records 10186259

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.28236, 31.42514 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 4 MILES S OF RUBY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bartlett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic unit)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 023S 010E 13 CENTER OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST : (1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Cobre Ridge Tuff;Sidewinder Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Cobre Ridge Tuff;Sidewinder Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.28236, 31.42514

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw-Trending Fault Zones

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE, IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Quartz Latite Tuff And Quartz Monzonite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUFF IS WELDED AND NON-WELDED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oro Blanco District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNIGHT, L.H., JR., 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH. D. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    YEEND, WARREN, 1973.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 137, P. 188.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ., ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 65.

  • Deposit

    USBM CARD FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit KNIGHTS MAP SHOWS ONLY "EL ORO" - MINE - SAME AS ON TOPO SHEET - BUT THIS IS SAME MINE AS PATENTED "ORO" MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan R) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 05-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.