| Deposit ID | 10048161 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800211 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Oro Grande Mine |
| Related records | 10283429 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.72381, 34.02756 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 768 |
| Relative position | 4.5 MILES N NE OF WICKENBURG, ARIZONA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sam Powell Peak(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 008N | 005W | 24 | NW OF NE | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite |
| (1) | -112.72381, 34.02756 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation In Precambrian Schist Trends N35e |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Veins And Genetically-Related (?) Dikes Trend N-S Or Subparallel (N30e) To Schist |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N37E |
| Dip | 90 OR NEAR-VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 45.72M |
| Length | 914.4M |
| Width | 103.63M |
| Depth to bottom | 103.63M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Discoverer | Possibly George Upton |
| Year of first production | 1904 |
| Year of last production | 1932 |
| District name | Black Rock District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Oro Grande Cons |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | George Upton, Wickenburg (1950'S) |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.71HA |
| Length | 822.96M |
| Overall depth | 103.63M |
| Overall length | 274.32M |
| Overall width | 27.43M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800211 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040250957 |
AZ MINING JOUR, 1918, VOL. 6, #7, P. 7.
ABM BULL 137 P. 62
AZ. DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS SHEAR ZONE SEPARATING GRANODIORITE OR MASSIVE AMPHIBOLITE ON THE WEST FROM A MIXTURE OF SCHIST AND AMPHIBOLITE ON THE EAST. |
| Deposit | ORO GRANDE VEIN TRENDS NE, PARALLEL TO PRECAMBRIAN FOLIATION. MOST VEINS IN BLACK ROCK DISTRICT TREND NW, PERPENDICULAR TO PRECAMBRIAN FABRIC. THE ORO GRANDE AND GRIJALUA MAY BE OLDER VEINS THAN THE REMAINDER OF THE BLACK ROCK DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1981 | Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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