Oro Amigo Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197148
MRDS ID M045356
MAS/MILS ID 0320030114
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Amigo Mine
Related records 10103628

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.54944, 35.845 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shenandoah Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024 S 057 E 23 C E2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.54944, 35.845

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL 81 1973 P.30

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL 62 1965 P.194

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 162 1931 P.111

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-FEB-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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