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El Oro Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. 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 10186259
MRDS ID M050267
MAS/MILS ID 0040230053
Record type Site
Current site name El Oro Mine
Alternate or previous names Oro Mine, Nil Desperandum, Golden Eagle Group
Related records 10039553

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.28259, 31.42294 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bartlett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic unit)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023 S 010 E 13 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.28259, 31.42294
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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 Unknown
    Owner Williams, Samuel B
    Home office New York
    Year 1976
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Foltz
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF THE REGION CONTIGUOUS TO THE MONTANA MINE

  • Deposit

    PRIVATE PAPERS

  • Deposit

    INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    SANTA CRUZ CTY RECORDER'S RECORDS

  • Deposit

    ADMR ORO MINE FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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