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Oro Flame 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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109866
MRDS ID M800369
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Flame Mine
Alternate or previous names Sterling, Mescal Claim, Gold Bug
Related records 10186617

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.49992, 34.44894 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 5.9 MILES NW OF MT. UNION LOOKOUT TOWER. 2.0 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAVERICK MOUNTAIN

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 12N 002W 20 W2 OF E2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TAKEN TO ORO GRANDE SHAFT, N OF SHAFT IS AN ADIT WHICH IS ON THE OLD MILL SITE CLAIM WHICH IS PART OF THE ORO FLAME MINE GROUP. STERLING WORKINGS ON GOLD BUG CLAIM IN NORTHERN PART OF CLAIM BLOCK.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor To Significant Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Government Canyon Granodiorite
    Rock description Government Canyon Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.49992, 34.44894
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Granodiorite Rather Massive; Foliation In Schist Trends N20w To N-S
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Trend N20w

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20W
    Dip 76NE
    Thickness 4.88M
    Length 3429M
    Width 106.68M
    Depth to bottom 106.68M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO SPECIFIC MENTION MADE OF RHYOLITE DIKES IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE VEIN SYSTEM, ALTHOUGH DIKES DO PARALLEL THE VEIN SYSTEM TO THE NORTH IN THE AMERICAN EAGLE VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1866
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Hassayampa District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Fornes (1986, Buckeye, Ariz.)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Groves And Sons Oro Flame Mining Corp
    First year 1927

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.099HA
    Length 548.64M
    Overall depth 106.68M
    Overall length 228.6M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ORO GRANDE HAS A SHAFT 110 FT AND 125 FT OF DRIFTING. THE GOLD BUG HAS AN INCLINED SHAFT TO A DEPTH OF 420 FT AT A 42 DEGREE ANGLE, AMERICAN EAGLE HAS 3 SURFACE TUNNELS. THE OTHER CLAIMS HAVE MANY INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS AND TUNNELS.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY OF THE THE ORO FLAME MINING CORP, LISTS 7 PATENTED CLAIMS AS, ORO FLAME, ORO GRANDE, OLD MILL, OLD OHIO, AMERICAN EAGLE, GOLD BUG, MORMON, 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS LISTED AS JUMBO 1 TO 9, SILVER STAR 1 AND 2 AND SURE SHOT. THE STERLING MINE, AS OF 1870 WAS COMPRISED OF THE GOLD BUG AND AMERICAN EAGLE CLAIMS AND AS OF 1927 HAS BEEN A PART OF THE ORO FLAME GROUP. DURING 1984-1986, FORNES REPAIRED ADIT PORTALS TO ALLOW ACCESS FOR UNDERGROUND SAMPLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL. 137, P. 41-43.

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ MAP GQ 997.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE. VEINS NAMED-ORO FLAME, GOLD BUG, STERLING. VEINS PARALLEL EACH OTHER. ABOVE FACTS COME FROM THE GOLD BUG VEIN. VEINS FOUND IN FAULT ZONES, SOME ALTERATION TO SERICITE AND CARBONATE. VEINS ARE 200 FT APART.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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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