Oro Fino Mine

Past Producer in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179801
MAS/MILS ID 0530370425
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Fino Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.69867, 47.25872 (WGS84)
Elevation 780
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Liberty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020 N 017 E 03 NENENW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: ON RT. 2 OFF HIGHWAY ABOUT 1.7 MILES PAST LIBERTY TURNOFF.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.69867, 47.25872

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swauk Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner G. E. Greder, Co.
    ID 4502969
    Home office Washington
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT JULY 1982

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-APR-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/04/1985
MSHA mine ID4502969
Mine name (MSHA)Oro Fino Mine
Current operatorG E Greder
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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