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Orofino Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048252
MRDS ID M800368
Record type Site
Current site name Orofino Mine
Related records 10161983

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3963, 34.37783 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 2.67 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MT. UNION LOOKOUT TOWER

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 012N 001W 18,17 NE OF SE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 0.8 MILES EAST OF PALACE STATION. OROFINO NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ORO FINO (TOW WORDS) PLACER DEPOSIT LOCATED ON HASSAYAMPA RIVER IN T12N, R3W, SEC 11, 52.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3963, 34.37783
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Proterozoic Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10e To N20e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N65 TO 75E
    Dip NEARLY VERTICAL
    Width 0.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer Frank Lang
Year of first production 1937
Year of last production 1965

Mining district

District name Turkey Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. L. Land, Oro Fino Mines Inc.
    First year 1965
  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert And Leonard Manifee
    First year 1964

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT LOCATED ON ORA FINA CLAIM

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS INCLUDE ORA FINA (OR OROFINO) AND ORA FINA #1,#2,#3,#4

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPING FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ MAP GQ-997

  • Deposit

    ARIZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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