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Dos Oris Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead
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  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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027566
MRDS ID M003368
Record type Site
Current site name Dos Oris Mine
Alternate or previous names Dos Horis
Related records 10283447

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.47075, 34.41394 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Relative position 5 MILES SSW OF GROOM CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012N 002W 04 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION MEASURED TO ADIT SYMBOL ON DOS ORIS CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Early Proterozoic granitic rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N10w To N15e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dikes And Veins Parallel Foliation

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 128.02M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES OF PROBABLE LCRET-TERT AGE ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS. DIKES POSSIBLY LACKING AT DOS ORIS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1883
Year of last production 1922

Mining district

District name Hassayampa District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Standard Metals
    First year 1922
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dos Oris Silver Mining Co.
    First year 1922

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM ( 8 ) IS AN ESTIMATE FROM $ 20,000 PRODUCTION AT $ 20.67 PER OUNCE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 228.6M
    Overall depth 128.02M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE A TUNNEL OF 750 FT AND A SHAFT OF 420 FT

Comments on development

  • MINE LOCATED ON DOS ORIS CLAIM; THE DOS ORIS WAS WORKED ALONG WITH THE BUZZARD BY THE DOS ORIS SILVER MINING CO. IN 1919

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 118

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 101

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 101

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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