Oro Platta

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10259186
MRDS ID M800185
MAS/MILS ID 0040250958
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Platta
Alternate or previous names Accidential, Combination, Goodluck
Related records 10109841

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.38354, 34.44645 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

Agua Fria(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 012+N 001 W 29 N2N2NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.38354, 34.44645

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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pritchett, Alma
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SEC 20

  • Deposit

    AT ONE TIME THESE CLAIMS WERE PART OF THE POLAND GROUP

  • Deposit

    USGS GROOM CREEK QUAD

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DISTRICT SHEET 223

  • Deposit

    ADMR ORO PLATTA FILE

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN W ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AND BRADSHAW MTN QUADS

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782 1926 P 136

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Admr U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.