Oro Grande Co. of Pennsylvania

Prospect in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10127078
MAS/MILS ID 0350550178
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Grande Co. of Pennsylvania

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.82977, 36.24725 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trampas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Taos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Taos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023 N 010 E 01 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.82977, 36.24725

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Oro Grande Co.
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1902

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DREDGING OPERATION - NO RECORDED PRODUCTION.

  • Deposit

    HOWARD, E. VIET; METALLIFEROUS OCCURRENCES IN N. M., STATE

  • Deposit

    PLANNING OFFICE, SANTA FE, N. M., 1967, P. 212

  • Deposit

    JONES, FAYETTE; N. M. MINES AND MINERALS, WORLD'S FAIR ED.,

  • Deposit

    1904, P. 17-18

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references